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
69 Kazuki Shibanuma*
Kota Kishi
Tianyu He
Naoki Morita
Naoto Mitsume
Tsutomu Fukui

S-version finite element strategy for accurately evaluating local stress in the vicinity of dynamically propagating crack front in 3D solid

Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering

399 (2022), 115374.

Beyond FEM Verification Brittle fracture Crack arrest
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
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
62 Tsunehisa Handa*
Tetsuya Tagawa
Yusuke Shimada
Tomoya Kawabata
Takehiro Inoue
Masahito Kaneko
Kei Sugimoto
Shuji Aihara
Kazuki Shibanuma

Effect of stress reflection on dynamic stress intensity factor in crack arrest toughness testing

International Journal of Offshore and Polar Engineering

30 (2020), 375-381.

Brittle fracture Crack arrest
61 Kota Kishi
Yuuki Takeoka
Tsutomu Fukui
Toshiyuki Matsumoto
Katsuyuki Suzuki
Kazuki Shibanuma*

Dynamic crack propagation analysis based on the s-version of the finite element method

Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering

366 (2020), 113091.

Beyond FEM Verification Brittle fracture Crack arrest
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
59 Tomoya Kawabata*
Takehiro Inoue
Tetsuya Tagawa
Tsutomu Fukui
Yasuhito Takashima
Kazuki Shibanuma
Shuji Aihara

Historical review of research on brittle crack propagation arresting technology for large welded steel structures developed in Japan with the application of Kca parameters

Marine Structures

71 (2020), 102737.

Brittle fracture Crack arrest
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
51 Fuminori Yanagimoto*
Kazuki Shibanuma
Yo Nishioka
Yuya Shirai
Katsuyuki Suzuki
Toshiyuki Matsumoto

Local stress evaluation of rapid crack propagation in finite element analyses

International Journal of Solids and Structures

144-145 (2018), 66-77.

Verification Brittle fracture Crack arrest
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
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
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
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
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
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
25 Yanagimoto Fuminori*
Shibanuma Kazuki
Suzuki Katsuyuki

Fundamental study on the simulation of fast crack propagation by finite element method (in Japanese)

Journal of Japan Society of Civil Engineers, Ser. A2 (Applied Mechanics (AM))

71 (2015), I_29-I_38.

Verification Brittle fracture Crack arrest
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
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