Nacre (known as mother of pearl) is the iridescent inner shell layer of some mollusks. Nacre
is composed of 95 wt% aragonite (a crystallographic form of CaCO3) and 5 wt% organic …

An anisotropic multi phase-field model is developed in this paper to investigate the
interaction between the crack propagation and interfacial damage in a fiber-reinforced …

Magnesium (Mg) is the lightest metal structural material but exhibits low toughness. By
imitating the structure of nacre, constructing micro-nano layered structure is an effective way …

This paper implements an adaptive phase-field model to investigate the interfacial fracture in
transversely isotropic piezoelectric composites under different electromechanical loadings …

The competition between crack penetration in the layers and cohesive delamination along
interfaces is herein investigated in reference to laminate ceramics, with special attention to …

Delamination and cracking of matrix/fiber is a common failure phenomena reported in fiber
reinforced composite materials. As complex stress states develop in laminated structures …

Because of their lightweight and high hardness, ceramics have been successfully used in
protection technologies for over 40 years. The high hardness of a ceramic enables it to …

This article investigated the structure of the laminated ceramics to improve the multiple
ballistic performance of segmented ceramic composite armors. The multiple ballistic …

The addition of a ductile phase to a porous ceramic can help overcome the brittleness of
ceramics. Yet, most studies so far have focused on the processing and characterization of …

A series of Al2O3–Al2TiO5 ceramic composites with different Al2TiO5 contents (10 and 40
vol.%) fabricated at different sintering temperatures (1450 and 1550° C) was studied in the …