Numerical simulations have become essential in engineering and manufacturing processes
involving plasticity. The reliability and effectiveness of the simulations depend strongly on …

Ductile damage and fracture prediction in real size structures subjected to complex loading
conditions has been of utmost interest in the scientific and engineering community in the …

Basic ductile fracture experiments for sheet metal (or flat coupons extracted from bulk
material) are presented to characterize the onset of fracture at different stress states. Special …

A ductile fracture model is proposed to describe shear fracture of sheet metals from shear to
balanced biaxial tension via uniaxial and plane strain tension. The fracture criterion models …

Ductile fracture of structural metals occurs mainly by the nucleation, growth and coalescence
of voids. Here an overview of continuum models for this type of failure is given. The most …

One of the most confounding controversies in the ductile fracture community is the large
discrepancy between predicted and experimentally observed strain-to-failure values during …

Single-shot ballistic impact experiments are conducted on a 2024-T4 aluminum alloy
(2024Al-T4) using spherical projectiles, to investigate the effects of impact velocities (∼ 100 …

This paper deals with a modified anisotropic stress-state-dependent plastic-damage
continuum model incorporating combined hardening and softening rules to predict the …

There is a particularly high degree of experimental uncertainty associated with the
determination of the strain to fracture for simple shear. In most shear specimens, different …

The joining mechanism and damage of self-piercing riveted joints in carbon fibre reinforced
polymer (CFRP) composites and aluminium alloy were investigated. The damage …