Failure of ductile materials such as structural steel is associated with large amount of plastic deformation. Ductile fracture is characterized by three sequential processes; void nucleation, void growth, and void coalescence. Continuum Damage Mechanics (CDM) has emerged as attractive approach for predicting nucleation and growth of cracks in ductile materials. However, comprehensive satisfactory CDM model, which can describe the different physical stages of ductile fracture, has not been formulated yet. In addition, coalescence stage has received less attention compared to void nucleation...
Failure of ductile materials such as structural steel is associated with large amount of plastic deformation. Ductile fracture is characterized by thr...