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The effects of texturing from mechanical processing, and the varying fracture toughness from heat treatments are the focus of the current study. An elasto-viscoplastic model, based on the mechanical threshold state variable, was adopted to describe the constitutive behavior of these alloys, and was incorporated into a small-scale yield bi-crystal finite element model. This finite element model was then enhanced by inserting cohesive zone elements into planes where cracks are expected. These specialized elements not only simulate the initiation of cracks, but dynamically illustrate their subsequent growth as well. 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