62 Abstract In this paper, a new analytical technique to study the effect of wide-spread fatigue damage in ductile panels is presented. The main purpose of the study is to develop an efficient methodology to predict the maximum load carrying capacity of panels with cracks. The problem arises especially in the fuselage skin of aging airplanes, in which cracks initiate from a row of rivet holes. ...

A traction-displacement relationship that may be embedded into a cohesive zone model for microscale problems of intergranular fracture is extracted from atomistic molecular-dynamics simulations. A molecular-dynamics model for crack propagation under steady-state conditions is developed to analyze intergranular fracture along a flat Σ99 [1 1 0] symmetric tilt grain boundary in aluminum. Under hy...

An anisotropic model of damage mechanics for ductile fracture incorporating the endochronic theory of plasticity is presented in order to take into account material deterioration during plastic deformation. An alternative form of endochronic (internal time) theory which is actually an elasto-plastic damage theory with isotropicnonlinear kinematic hardening is developed for ease of numerical com...

two-layer metallic sheets have wide applications in aerospace, marine, automotive and domestic industries due to their superlative characteristics. in this paper, the formability of two-layer sheet is investigated through analytical, experimental and numerical approaches. an analytical model is developed based on marciniak-kuczynski method associated hill’s non-quadratic yield criterion. formin...

master moulds are used to cast copper anode moulds. these iron moulds are made of grey or nodular cast irons. according to desirable properties of ductile irons, it was expected that ductile cast iron moulds could have performed their nominal life. but in service, these moulds have not performed their nominal life and they have experienced premature failures due to warping and cracking. also gr...

0020-7683/$ see front matter 2010 Elsevier Ltd. A doi:10.1016/j.ijsolstr.2010.07.010 * Corresponding author. Tel.: +1 617 386 3325. E-mail address: [email protected] (M. Luo). Advanced High Strength Steels (AHSS) are increasingly used in automotive industry due to their superior strength and substantial weight advantage. However, their compromised ductility gives rise to numerous manufacturing is...