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
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
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
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
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
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