The occurrence of intermittent patterns in 14.5A GeV/c²⁸Si-nucleus interactions is examined in terms of Scaled Factorial Moments (SFMs), introduced by Bialas and Peschanski. Further, to examine the dependence of various interesting characteristics of SFMs on incident energy, the data on 4.5A GeV/c²⁸Si-nucleus collisions available in our laboratory are analyzed. Interestingly, log-log plots between rapidity interval δη and the qth order factorial moment F_q for both the energies exhibit linear behavior indicating thereby the presence of intermittency in the interactions investigated. Moreover, to look at the fractal nature of the particle emitting sources, variation of the fractal dimensions, d_q with the order of the moment is investigated. Finally, study of the variation of λ_q [=(ϕ_q+1)/q)] with the order of the moment, q indicates a possibility of non-thermal phase transition in certain types of events

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