Publications

No. Authors Title Journal Volume (Year), Pages Categories
76 Tianyu He
Kota Kishi
Naoki Morita
Naoto Mitsume
Fuminori Yanagimoto
Yun-Jae Kim
Kazuki Shibanuma*

Strategy for simulating high-speed crack propagation in 3D-plate structures based on S-version FEM

International Journal of Mechanical Sciences

274 (2024), 109261.

Beyond FEM Brittle fracture Crack arrest Fracture criterion In-situ observation
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
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
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
50 Takahiro Hosoe,
Kazuki Shibanuma*
Hikaru Yamaguchi
Masatoshi Tsukamoto
Katsuyuki Suzuki
Shuji Aihara

Underwater burst tests for evaluating unstable ductile crack arrestability in offshore pipelines

Engineering Fracture Mechanics

195 (2018), 142-161.

Multiphysics Ductile fracture Crack arrest Fracture criterion In-situ observation
49 Fuminori Yanagimoto*
Kazuki Shibanuma
Katsuyuki Suzuki
Toshiyuki Matsumoto
Shuji Aihara

Local stress in the vicinity of the propagating cleavage crack tip in ferritic steel

Materials & Design

144 (2018), 361-373.

Brittle fracture Crack arrest Fracture criterion Material characterisation
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
44 Yoshiki Nemoto
Kazuki Shibanuma*
Katsuyuki Suzuki
Sunao Sadamatsu
Yoshitaka Adachi
Shuji Aihara

3D observation of micro-cracks as cleavage fracture initiation site in ferrite-pearlite steel

ISIJ International

57 (2017), 746-754.

Brittle fracture Fracture criterion
43 Kazuki Shibanuma*
Yoshiki Nemoto
Takashi Hiraide
Katsuyuki Suzuki
Shuji Aihara

Investigation of micro-crack initiation as a trigger of cleavage fracture in ferrite-pearlite steels

ISIJ International

57 (2017), 365-373.

Brittle fracture Fracture criterion
41 Yoshiki Nemoto*
Kazuki Shibanuma
Katsuyuki Suzuki
Shuji Aihara
Takashi Hiraide

Quantitative evaluation of microstructural influence on the brittle fracture toughness of ferrite-pearlite steels

International Journal of Offshore and Polar Engineering

26 (2016), 287-295.

Brittle fracture Fracture criterion
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
34 Kazuki Shibanuma*
Yoshiki Nemoto
Takashi Hiraide
Katsuyuki Suzuki
Shuji Aihara

Investigation of micro-crack initiation as a trigger of cleavage fracture in ferrite-pearlite steels (in Japanese)

Tetsu-to-Hagane

102 (2016), 330-339.

Brittle fracture Fracture criterion
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
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
21 Kazuki Shibanuma*
Shuji Aihara
Shigeru Ohtsuka

Observation and quantification of crack nucleation in ferrite-cementite steel

ISIJ International

54 (2014), 1719-1728.

Brittle fracture Fracture criterion
19 Kazuki Shibanuma*
Shuji Aihara
Shigeru Ohtsuka

Observation and quantification of crack nucleation in ferrite-cementite steel (in Japanese)

Tetsu-to-Hagane

99 (2013), 582-591.

Brittle fracture Fracture criterion
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
14 Kazuki Shibanuma*
Shuji Aihara

Dependence of cleavage facet size in ferrite steel on temperature (in Japanese)

Tetsu-to-Hagane

98 (2012), 184-189.

Brittle fracture Fracture criterion