Simulation of the ductile tearing for two grades of 2024 aluminum alloy thin sheets

Engineering Fracture Mechanics

Volumn 73, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 1531-1552

  Bron, F ^a,b   Besson, J ^a  

^a PSL RESEARCH UNIVERSITY   (France)

^b ALCAN INTERNATIONAL LIMITED   (Canada)

Author keywords

2024 Aluminum alloy; Ductile rupture; Finite element simulation; Tearing resistance

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM ALLOYS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONTINUUM MECHANICS; CRACK INITIATION; CRACK PROPAGATION; DUCTILE FRACTURE; DUCTILITY; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

ALUMINUM ALLOY THIN SHEETS; DUCTILE RUPTURE; DUCTILE TEARING; FINITE-ELEMENT SIMULATION; TEARING RESISTANCE;

ALUMINUM SHEET;

ALUMINUM ALLOYS; ALUMINUM SHEET; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONTINUUM MECHANICS; CRACK INITIATION; CRACK PROPAGATION; DUCTILE FRACTURE; DUCTILITY; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

EID: 33747876620     PISSN: 00137944     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.engfracmech.2006.01.024     Document Type: Article

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