Research Landscape

33 years of fracture mechanics research, visualized

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Topic Distribution

What has been studied across 33 years of FraMCoS

Structural Applications 628 papers Stable Fracture Mechanics Fundamentals 198 papers Stable Fiber Reinforced Concrete 197 papers Growing Damage Mechanics 196 papers Growing Experimental Methods 186 papers Stable Size Effect 109 papers Stable Strain Hardening Composites 92 papers Growing High Performance Concrete 91 papers Growing Fracture Process Zone 60 papers Classic Mixed Mode Fracture 37 papers Stable Alkali-Silica Reaction 24 papers Growing Conference Materials 2 papers Stable

Topic Growth Over Time

How research focus has shifted across 12 conferences

Fewer papers More papers
1 1992
2 1995
3 1998
4 2001
5 2004
6 2007
7 2010
8 2013
9 2016
10 2019
11 2023
12 2025
Total
Structural Applications Size Effect
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30
71
36
39
84
92
88
47
51
35
55
628
Fracture Mechanics Fundamentals Fracture Fundamentals
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46
30
16
18
22
19
10
8
15
4
10
198
Fiber Reinforced Concrete Fiber Reinforced
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5
9
7
18
20
35
31
17
24
13
18
197
Damage Mechanics Computational
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14
11
17
15
24
18
22
21
21
8
25
196
Experimental Methods Experimental
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12
22
8
17
32
26
26
15
17
6
5
186
Size Effect Size Effect
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22
20
4
16
12
12
5
6
8
1
3
109
Strain Hardening Composites Fiber Reinforced
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1
3
—
5
11
21
16
13
13
3
6
92
High Performance Concrete Fiber Reinforced
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3
5
1
3
10
20
10
5
6
12
16
91
Fracture Process Zone Fracture Fundamentals
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12
8
3
3
7
6
4
9
2
1
5
60
Mixed Mode Fracture Fracture Fundamentals
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5
6
1
2
6
8
2
—
2
3
2
37
Alkali-Silica Reaction Durability
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—
1
2
3
1
4
4
4
4
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1
24
Conference Materials Experimental
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2
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Topic Deep Dive

Detailed view of each research area

Structural Applications

628 papers
'92 '95 '98 '01 '04 '07 '10 '13 '16 '19 '23 '25
Stable
Top Contributors: A. Carpinteri (19) G. Ruiz (19) G. Appa Rao (14)
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Fracture Mechanics Fundamentals

198 papers
'92 '95 '98 '01 '04 '07 '10 '13 '16 '19 '23 '25
Stable
Top Contributors: J. Planas (8) A. Carpinteri (8) J.G.M. Van Mier (5)
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Fiber Reinforced Concrete

197 papers
'92 '95 '98 '01 '04 '07 '10 '13 '16 '19 '23 '25
Growing
Top Contributors: G.A. Plizzari (8) G. Ruiz (6) J.G.M. Van Mier (5)
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Damage Mechanics

196 papers
'92 '95 '98 '01 '04 '07 '10 '13 '16 '19 '23 '25
Growing
Top Contributors: G. Pijaudier-Cabot (12) F. Dufour (9) J. Mazars (8)
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Experimental Methods

186 papers
'92 '95 '98 '01 '04 '07 '10 '13 '16 '19 '23 '25
Stable
Top Contributors: S. Xu (5) G. Pijaudier-Cabot (4) G. Ruiz (4)
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Size Effect

109 papers
'92 '95 '98 '01 '04 '07 '10 '13 '16 '19 '23 '25
Stable
Top Contributors: A. Carpinteri (12) Z.P. Bazant (8) J.G.M. Van Mier (4)
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Strain Hardening Composites

92 papers
'92 '95 '98 '01 '04 '07 '10 '13 '16 '19 '23 '25
Growing
Top Contributors: K. Rokugo (7) V.C. Li (7) V. Mechtcherine (6)
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High Performance Concrete

91 papers
'92 '95 '98 '01 '04 '07 '10 '13 '16 '19 '23 '25
Growing
Top Contributors: Anders, Steffen (5) Gebuhr, Gregor (5) Pise, Mangesh (4)
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Fracture Process Zone

60 papers
'92 '95 '98 '01 '04 '07 '10 '13 '16 '19 '23 '25
Classic
Top Contributors: Y. Uchida (2) T. Steiger (2) H. Sadouki (2)
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Mixed Mode Fracture

37 papers
'92 '95 '98 '01 '04 '07 '10 '13 '16 '19 '23 '25
Stable
Top Contributors: P. N. Poulsen (4) I. Carol (3) S. Ishiguro (2)
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Alkali-Silica Reaction

24 papers
'92 '95 '98 '01 '04 '07 '10 '13 '16 '19 '23 '25
Growing
Top Contributors: K. Rokugo (2) G. Meschke (2) T. Miki (2)
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Conference Materials

2 papers
'92 '95 '98 '01 '04 '07 '10 '13 '16 '19 '23 '25
Stable
Top Contributors: Microstructureand (2)
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