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University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

A Numerical Study of the Influence of Void Growth on Ductile Fracture and Metal Extrusion

Abstract

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Large deformation finite element analysis is used to study the near crack tip growth of long cylindrical holes aligned parallel to the plane of a mode I plane strain crack. The near crack tip stress and deformation fields are analyzed. The results show that the holes are pulled towards the crack tip and change their shape to approximately elliptical with the major axis radial to the crack. Several crack-hole coalescence criteria are discussed and estimates for the conditions for fracture initiation are given and compared with experimental results. The range of estimates now available from finite element calculations coincides quite well with the range of experimental data for materials containing inclusions which are only loosely bonded to the matrix.

Degree

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Name thesis:degree_name
Ph.D.
Level thesis:degree_level
Dissertation
Discipline thesis:degree_discipline
Theoretical and Applied Mechanics
Grantor
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Year dc:date
2014

Author and committee

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Author dc:creator
  • Aravas, Nikolaos

Subjects

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Identifiers

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Identifier
(UMI)AAI8711766
OAI identifier oai:identifier
oai:www.ideals.illinois.edu:2142/71692

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Last updated
2026-07-22
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citation

Aravas, Nikolaos. A Numerical Study of the Influence of Void Growth on Ductile Fracture and Metal Extrusion. Dissertation thesis, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/2142/71692