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Many of the experimental observations, such as rate insensitivity and crystallographic orientation, were incorporated into a cyclically stable crystal plasticity framework with rate independent kinematic hardening. It was hypothesized that texture lead to interface stresses that could not be obtained by a continuum approach. Local grain boundary interface stresses were estimated using the uniform deformation and bi-crystal models. These models were computationally amenable to provide both orientation dependence and the statistical nature of the grain boundary stresses for a given bulk texture and nominal loading. A coupled shear-normal damage parameter was formulated to quantitatively characterize the nucleation of delamination. 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It was hypothesized that texture lead to interface stresses that could not be obtained by a continuum approach. Local grain boundary interface stresses were estimated using the uniform deformation and bi-crystal models. These models were computationally amenable to provide both orientation dependence and the statistical nature of the grain boundary stresses for a given bulk texture and nominal loading. A coupled shear-normal damage parameter was formulated to quantitatively characterize the nucleation of delamination. 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