Fatigue crack growth and closure mechanisms are fundamental to understanding the durability of engineering structures subjected to cyclic loading. Over decades of research, scientists have ...

1. A National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS) research team has identified the mechanism by which microscopic fatigue cracks grow in metals, solving a half-century-old mystery. The team found ...

Recently, a research team led by Prof. NI Yong and Prof. HE Linghui from the University of Science and Technology of China (USTC) uncovered the propagation and toughening mechanism of tortuous crack ...