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Analyses of ductile failure are discussed where the material’s constitutive description allows for the possibility of a complete loss of stress carrying capacity, with the associated creation of new free surface. No additional failure criterion is employed so that fracture arises as a natural outcome of the deformation history. Attention is directed toward circumstances where the inherent rate sensitivity of plastic flow plays a role. Numerical computations of ductile failure in notched bars and of dynamic crack growth are reviewed.
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Tvergaard, V., Needleman, A. (1992). Elastic-Viscoplastic Analysis of Ductile Fracture. In: Besdo, D., Stein, E. (eds) Finite Inelastic Deformations — Theory and Applications. International Union of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-84833-9_1
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