Ductile Fracture by Void Nucleation at Carbides.

Predicting ductile fracture of initially undamaged structures still represents a challenge in most applications such as for instance crashworthiness evaluations. This paper focuses on ductile fracture by the process of void nucleation at tightly bonded and closely spaced inclusions in an otherwise homogeneous ductile matrix. Particular attention is given to loading conditions involving only low stress triaxialities (0 to 0.5). [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]