Locally enhanced Voronoi cell finite element model (LE-VCFEM) for simulating evolving fracture in ductile microstructures containing inclusions

International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering

Volumn 76, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 1955-1992

  Hu, Chao ^a   Ghosh, Somnath ^a  

^a Ohio State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Ductile fracture; Matrix cracking; Nonlocal Gurson Tvergaard Needleman model; Void coalescence; Voronoi cell finite element model

Indexed keywords

ALUMINA; ALUMINUM ALLOYS; COALESCENCE; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; GROWTH (MATERIALS); METALLURGY; PLASTIC DEFORMATION; PLASTICS;

AS CASTS; ASSUMED STRESS; CATASTROPHIC FAILURES; DAMAGE INITIATIONS; DISPLACEMENT ELEMENTS; DUCTILE FAILURES; FINITE DEFORMATIONS; H REFINEMENTS; HETEROGENEOUS MATERIALS; HYBRID FORMULATIONS; MATERIAL SOFTENING; MATRIX CRACKING; METALS AND ALLOYS; MICRO-STRUCTURAL; MODEL MATRICES; MODELING CAPABILITIES; MORPHOLOGICAL CHARACTERISTICS; NONLOCAL GURSON-TVERGAARD-NEEDLEMAN MODEL; PARTICLE CRACKINGS; PARTICLE FRAGMENTATIONS; PLASTIC STRAIN LOCALIZATIONS; PLASTIC STRAINS; POROUS PLASTICITIES; STRAIN SOFTENING; VOID COALESCENCE; VOID GROWTH AND COALESCENCES; VORONOI CELL FINITE ELEMENT MODEL; WEIBULL MODELS;

DUCTILE FRACTURE;

EID: 60949101891     PISSN: 00295981     EISSN: 10970207     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/nme.2400     Document Type: Article

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