Modelling of plastic flow localisation and damage development in friction stir welded 6005A aluminium alloy using physics based strain hardening law

International Journal of Solids and Structures

Volumn 47, Issue 18-19, 2010, Pages 2359-2370

  Nielsen, K L ^a,b   Pardoen, T ^b   Tvergaard, V ^a   De Meester, B ^b   Simar, A ^b  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Aluminium alloy; FSW; Gurson modelling; Stage IV; Strain hardening

Indexed keywords

3D FINITE ELEMENT MODEL; ALUMINIUM ALLOY; ALUMINIUM ALLOYS; DAMAGE DEVELOPMENT; DAMAGE MODEL; DIGITAL IMAGE CORRELATIONS; DUCTILE FAILURES; FINITE STRAIN; FLOW BEHAVIOURS; FRACTURE STRAIN; FRACTURE SURFACES; FRICTION STIR; FRICTION STIR WELDS; FSW; FULLY-COUPLED; HARDENING MODEL; HARDENING RESPONSE; HARDNESS MEASUREMENT; HIGH STRENGTH; MACROSCOPIC PARAMETERS; MATERIAL PROPERTY; MICRO-MECHANICAL; OPTIMISATIONS; PHYSICS-BASED; PROCESS PARAMETERS; SEM; TENSILE SPECIMENS; VOID COALESCENCE; VOID NUCLEATION; VOID SHAPE;

ALUMINUM; ALUMINUM ALLOYS; COALESCENCE; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; FRACTURE; FRACTURE TESTING; FRICTION; FRICTION WELDING; MATERIALS TESTING APPARATUS; PARALLEL FLOW; PLASTIC FLOW; PLASTICITY; PLASTICS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; STRAIN HARDENING; TENSILE STRENGTH; TENSILE TESTING; TRIBOLOGY; WELDING; WELDS;

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EID: 77955088759     PISSN: 00207683     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijsolstr.2010.03.019     Document Type: Article

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