Publications

No. Authors Title Journal Volume (Year), Pages Categories
74 Hongchang Zhou
Zijie Liu
Shoichi Kikuchi
Kazuki Shibanuma*

Analysis of fatigue performance of austenitic stainless steels with bimodal harmonic structures based on multiscale model simulations

Materials & Design

226 (2023), 111657.

Multiscale Validation Fatigue Material characterisation
73 Kazuki Shibanuma*
Taiga Fukada
Hideo Yasumoto
Kenji Tokuda
Byung-Nam Kim
Kamran Nikbin

Representative volume element model for quantitatively predicting the influence of 3D polycrystalline morphology on Coble creep deformation

Materials & Design

226 (2023), 111635.

Multiscale Multiphysics Validation Creep
71 Hongchang Zhou
Yuta Suzuki
Masao Kinefuchi
Siegfried Schmauder
Kiarash Dogahe
Kazuki Shibanuma*

Bridging strategy between microscopic and macroscopic crack growth simulations to predict fatigue strength of steels

International Journal of Fatigue

168 (2023), 107386.

Multiscale Validation Fatigue Fracture criterion Material characterisation
70 Kazuki Shibanuma*
Shengwen Tu*
Shota Suzuki
Zhuocheng Yu
Ryoma Kato
Asato Hatamoto

Ductile crack propagation path depending on material properties: Experimental results and discussions based on numerical simulations

Materials & Design

223 (2022), 111158.

Validation Ductile fracture In-situ observation Material characterisation
68 Hongchang Zhou
Yuta Suzuki
Masao Kinefuchi
Kazuki Shibanuma*

Applicability of the multiscale model for predicting fatigue strength to short and long crack problems

ISIJ International

62 (2022), 2126-2131.

Multiscale Validation Fatigue Fracture criterion
67 Ji-Su Kim
Yun-Jae Kim*
Myeong-Woo Lee
Ki-Seok Kim
Kazuki Shibanuma

Numerical method to characterize probabilistic energy distribution of drop weight tear test at ductile-brittle transition temperatures

Engineering Fracture Mechanics

269 (2022), 108540.

Validation Brittle fracture Ductile fracture Fracture criterion Material characterisation
66 Hongchang Zhou
Zijie Liu
Masao Kinefuchi
Kazuki Shibanuma*

Multiscale modelling strategy for predicting fatigue lives and limits of steels based on a generalised evaluation method of grain boundaries effects

International Journal of Fatigue

158 (2022), 106749.

Multiscale Validation Fatigue Fracture criterion Material characterisation
65 Shengwen Tu
Shota Suzuki
Zhuocheng Yu
Kazuki Shibanuma*

Hybrid experimental-numerical strategy for efficiently and accurately identifying post-necking hardening and ductility diagram parameters

International Journal of Mechanical Sciences

219 (2022), 107074.

Validation Ductile fracture Fracture criterion In-situ observation Material characterisation
64 Ji-Su Kim
Yun-Jae Kim*
Myeong-Woo Lee
Ki-Seok Kim
Kazuki Shibanuma

Finite element simulation of drop weight tear test of API X80 at ductile-brittle transition temperatures

International Journal of Mechanical Sciences

191 (2021), 106103.

Validation Brittle fracture Ductile fracture Fracture criterion Material characterisation
63 Ji-Su Kim
Yun-Jae Kim*
Myeong-Woo Lee
Ki-Seok Kim
Kazuki Shibanuma

Fracture simulation model for API X80 Charpy test in ductile-brittle transition temperatures

International Journal of Mechanical Sciences

182 (2020), 105771.

Validation Brittle fracture Ductile fracture Fracture criterion Material characterisation
60 Kota Kishi
Fuminori Yanagimoto
Tsutomu Fukui
Toshiyuki Matsumoto
Kazuki Shibanuma*

Analysis of rapid crack arrestability enhancement by structural factors in cross-joint components using a transparent elastic solid

International Journal of Mechanical Sciences

174 (2020), 105502.

Validation Brittle fracture Crack arrest In-situ observation
58 Hiroaki Ito
Yuta Suzuki
Hideaki Nishikawa
Masao Kinefuchi
Manabu Enoki
Kazuki Shibanuma*

Multiscale model prediction of ferritic steel fatigue strength based on microstructural information, tensile properties, and loading conditions (no adjustable material constants)

International Journal of Mechanical Sciences

170 (2020), 105339.

Multiscale Validation Fatigue Fracture criterion In-situ observation Material characterisation
57 Fuminori Yanagimoto*
Kazuki Shibanuma
Katsuyuki Suzuki
Toshiyuki Matsumoto

A physics based model to simulate brittle crack arrest in steel plates incorporating experimental and numerical evidences

Engineering Fracture Mechanics

221 (2019), 106660.

Validation Brittle fracture Crack arrest Fracture criterion
56 Fuminori Yanagimoto
Takuhiro Hemmi
Yuta Suzuki
Yasuhito Takashima
Tomoya Kawabata
Kazuki Shibanuma*

Contribution of grain size to resistance against cleavage crack propagation in ferritic steel 

Acta Materialia

177 (2019), 96-106.

Validation Brittle fracture Crack arrest Fracture criterion In-situ observation Material characterisation
55 Kazuki Shibanuma*
Yuta Suzuki
Kazuya Kiriyama
Katsuyuki Suzuki
Hiroyuki Shirahata

A model of cleavage crack propagation in a BCC polycrystalline solid based on the extended finite element method

Acta Materialia

176 (2019), 232-241.

Beyond FEM Validation Brittle fracture Fracture criterion
54 Fuminori Yanagimoto*
Kazuki Shibanuma
Toshiyuki Matsumoto
Katsuyuki Suzuki

Governing factors of the local tensile stress in the vicinity of a rapidly propagating crack tip in elastic-viscoplastic solids

Engineering Fracture Mechanics

218 (2019), 106548.

Validation Brittle fracture Crack arrest Fracture criterion
53 Su Xu*
Chris Bassindale
Bruce W. Williams
Xin Wang
William R. Tyson
Kazuki Shibanuma

Comments on CTOA transferability in “Crack tip opening angle during unstable ductile crack propagation of a high-pressure gas pipeline”

Engineering Fracture Mechanics

214 (2019), 335-338.

Validation Ductile fracture Crack arrest Fracture criterion
52 Kazuki Shibanuma*
Takahiro Hosoe
Hikaru Yamaguchi
Masatoshi Tsukamoto
Katsuyuki Suzuki
Shuji Aihara

Crack tip opening angle during unstable ductile crack propagation of a high-pressure gas pipeline

Engineering Fracture Mechanics

204 (2018), 434-453.

Validation Ductile fracture Crack arrest Fracture criterion In-situ observation
48 Kazuki Shibanuma*
Fuminori Yanagimoto
Katsuyuki Suzuki
Shuji Aihara

Brittle crack propagation/arrest behavior in steel plate – Part III: Discussions on arrest design

Engineering Fracture Mechanics

190 (2018), 104-119.

Validation Brittle fracture Crack arrest Fracture criterion
47 Kazuki Shibanuma*
Koya Ueda
Hiroaki Ito
Yoshiki Nemoto
Masao Kinefuchi
Katsuyuki Suzuki
Manabu Enoki

Model for predicting fatigue life and limit of steels based on micromechanics of small crack growth

Materials & Design

139 (2018), 269-282.

Multiscale Validation Fatigue Fracture criterion In-situ observation Material characterisation
46 Kazuki Shibanuma*
Yoshiki Nemoto
Takashi Hiraide
Katsuyuki Suzuki
Sunao Sadamatsu
Yoshitaka Adachi
Shuji Aihara

A strategy to predict the fracture toughness of steels with a banded ferrite-pearlite structure based on the micromechanics of brittle fracture initiation

Acta Materialia

144 (2018), 386-399.

Multiscale Validation Brittle fracture Fracture criterion Material characterisation
45 Kazuki Shibanuma*
Takahiro Hosoe
Hiroaki Nakai
Akiyasu Morita
Shuji Aihara

A model to evaluate unstable ductile crack arrestability of offshore pipeline

Engineering Fracture Mechanics

178 (2017), 126-147.

Multiphysics Validation Ductile fracture Crack arrest Fracture criterion
42 Hiroaki Nakai*
Kazuki Shibanuma
Shuji Aihara

Underwater pipe rupture disk tests simulating fractures in offshore pipelines and development of numerical model for gas decompression (in Japanese)

Journal of the Japan Society of Naval Architects and Ocean Engineers

23 (2016), 115-128.

Multiphysics Validation Ductile fracture Crack arrest
40 Itsuki Kawata*
Takashi Hiraide
Kazuki Shibanuma
Tomoya Kawabata
Shuji Aihara

Development of cleavage fracture initiation model for bainite steels based on micro mechanism

International Journal of Offshore and Polar Engineering

26 (2016), 278-286.

Multiscale Validation Brittle fracture Fracture criterion
39 Kazuki Shibanuma*
Fuminori Yanagimoto
Tetsuya Namegawa
Katsuyuki Suzuki
Shuji Aihara

Brittle crack propagation/arrest behavior in steel plate – Part II: Experiments and model validation

Engineering Fracture Mechanics

162 (2016), 341-360.

Validation Brittle fracture Crack arrest Fracture criterion
38 Kazuki Shibanuma*
Fuminori Yanagimoto
Tetsuya Namegawa
Katsuyuki Suzuki
Shuji Aihara

Brittle crack propagation/arrest behavior in steel plate – Part I: Model formulation

Engineering Fracture Mechanics

162 (2016), 324-340.

Validation Brittle fracture Crack arrest Fracture criterion
37 Hiroaki Nakai
Kazuki Shibanuma*
Shuji Aihara

Numerical model for unstable ductile crack propagation and arrest in pipelines using finite difference method

Engineering Fracture Mechanics

162 (2016), 179-192.

Multiphysics Validation Ductile fracture Crack arrest Fracture criterion
36 Yuki Yamamoto
Kazuki Shibanuma*
Fuminori Yanagimoto
Katsuyuki Suzuki
Shuji Aihara
Hiroyuki Shirahata

Multiscale model synthesis to clarify the relationship between microstructures of steel and macroscopic brittle crack arrest behavior – Part II: Application to crack arrest test (in Japanese)

Tetsu-to-Hagane

102 (2016), 356-364.

Multiscale Validation Brittle fracture Crack arrest
35 Kazuki Shibanuma*
Yuki Yamamoto
Fuminori Yanagimoto
Katsuyuki Suzuki
Shuji Aihara
Hiroyuki Shirahata

Multiscale model synthesis to clarify the relationship between microstructures of steel and macroscopic brittle crack arrest behavior – Part I: Model presentation (in Japanese)

Tetsu-to-Hagane

102 (2016), 347-355.

Multiscale Validation Brittle fracture Crack arrest
33 Itsuki Kawata*
Takashi Hiraide
Kazuki Shibanuma
Tomoya Kawabata
Shuji Aihara

Fracture toughness prediction model for low-carbon bainite steels containing inter-lath martensite (in Japanese)

Tetsu-to-Hagane

102 (2016), 320-329.

Multiscale Validation Brittle fracture Fracture criterion
32 Yuki Yamamoto
Kazuki Shibanuma*
Fuminori Yanagimoto
Katsuyuki Suzuki
Shuji Aihara
Hiroyuki Shirahata

Multiscale model synthesis to clarify the relationship between microstructures of steel and macroscopic brittle crack arrest behavior – Part II: Application to crack arrest test

ISIJ International

56 (2016), 350-358.

Multiscale Validation Brittle fracture Crack arrest
31 Kazuki Shibanuma*
Yuki Yamamoto
Fuminori Yanagimoto
Katsuyuki Suzuki
Shuji Aihara
Hiroyuki Shirahata

Multiscale model synthesis to clarify the relationship between microstructures of steel and macroscopic brittle crack arrest behavior – Part I: Model presentation

ISIJ International

56 (2016), 341-349.

Multiscale Validation Brittle fracture Crack arrest
30 Kazuki Shibanuma*
Shuji Aihara
Katsuyuki Suzuki

Prediction model on cleavage fracture initiation in steels having ferrite-cementite microstructures – Part II: Model validation and discussions

Engineering Fracture Mechanics

151 (2016), 181-202.

Multiscale Validation Brittle fracture Fracture criterion
29 Kazuki Shibanuma*
Shuji Aihara
Katsuyuki Suzuki

Prediction model on cleavage fracture initiation in steels having ferrite-cementite microstructures – Part I: Model presentation

Engineering Fracture Mechanics

151 (2016), 161-180.

Multiscale Validation Brittle fracture Fracture criterion
28 Shuji Aihara*
Kazuki Shibanuma
Tetsuya Namegawa

Numerical simulation of brittle crack propagation and arrest in steels considering shear-lip formation

International Journal of Offshore and Polar Engineering

25 (2015), 263-271.

Validation Brittle fracture Crack arrest Fracture criterion
27 Shuhei Yoshizu
Hiroaki Nakai
Kazuki Shibanuma*
Shuji Aihara

A stochastic method to estimate fracture toughness scatter of inhomogeneous materials based on the weakest-link assumption (in Japanese)

Quarterly journal of the Japan Welding Society

33 (2015), 180-186.

Validation Brittle fracture Fracture criterion
26 Takashi Hiraide*
Kazuki Shibanuma
Shuji Aihara

Development of numerical model to predict cleavage fracture toughness of ferrite-pearlite steels (in Japanese)

Tetsu-to-Hagane

101 (2015), 384-393.

Multiscale Validation Brittle fracture Fracture criterion
22 Itsuki Kawata*
Kazuki Shibanuma
Shuji Aihara

Evaluation on the brittle crack branching in a steel with focusing on a material texture (in Japanese)

Journal of the Japan Society of Naval Architects and Ocean Engineers

19 (2014), 139-148.

Validation Brittle fracture
18 Kazuki Shibanuma*
Shuji Aihara
Motoyuki Matsubara
Hiroyuki Shirahata
Tsunehisa Handa

Numerical simulation of fracture toughness testing by prediction model of cleavage fracture toughness (in Japanese)

Tetsu-to-Hagane

99 (2013), 50-59.

Multiscale Validation Brittle fracture Fracture criterion
17 Kazuki Shibanuma*
Shuji Aihara
Momoyuki Matsubara
Hiroyuki Shirahata
Tsunehisa Handa

Development of numerical model to predict cleavage fracture toughness of ferrite steel (in Japanese)

Tetsu-to-Hagane

99 (2013), 40-49.

Multiscale Validation Brittle fracture Fracture criterion
16 Shuji Aihara
Kazuki Shibanuma*
Yoshiyuki Watabe

Development of numerical model for brittle crack propagation/arrest behaviors (in Japanese)

Journal of the Japan Society of Naval Architects and Ocean Engineers

16 (2012), 109-120.

Validation Brittle fracture Crack arrest Fracture criterion
15 Kazuki Shibanuma*
Shuji Aihara

Numerical simulation of cleavage fracture formation in grain of ferrite steel (in Japanese)

Tetsu-to-Hagane

98 (2012), 190-196.

Validation Brittle fracture Fracture criterion
10 Kazuki Shibanuma*
Hiroki Aoi
Tomoaki Utsunomiya
Masahiro Sakano
Yoshihiro Natsuaki

Implementation of XFEM into a general-purpose FEM code and simulation of fatigue crack propagation in actual structure (in Japanese)

Journal of Applied Mechanics JSCE

13 (2010), 945-956.

Beyond FEM Validation Fatigue
9 Kazuki Shibanuma*
Hiroki Aoi
Tomoaki Utsunomiya
Masahiro Sakano
Yoshihiro Natsuaki

Evaluation on behavior of fatigue crack through thickness in 3D structures by XFEM analysis (in Japanese)

Journal of Constructional Steel JSSC

17 (2009), 267-274.

Beyond FEM Validation Fatigue
3 Takahiro Kanehisa*
Kazuki Shibanuma
Tomoaki Utsunomiya

A simulation analysis of fatigue crack growth by X-FEM (in Japanese)

Journal of Applied Mechanics JSCE

10 (2007), 947-954.

Beyond FEM Validation Fatigue