In this paper, we have investigated void growth in von Mises materials which contain
realistic porous microstructures. For that purpose, we have performed finite element …

Three-dimensional micromechanical models were developed to study the damage by void
growth in ductile materials. Special emphasis is given to the influence of the spatial …

The effects of stress triaxiality and initial porosity on void growth and coalescence are
studied in this paper. The representative material volume (RMV) is modeled by two …

The present paper extends the Gurson and GLD models [Gurson, AL, 1977. Continuum
theory of ductile rupture by void nucleation and growth, Part I—yield criteria and flow rules …

Unit cell model analyses are carried out here for non-hardening elastic-plastic solids
containing small voids, to obtain a more complete understanding of the effect of different …

The loading path dependence of ductile failure by void growth to coalescence is studied
using a unit cell model of a porous material, containing a periodic distribution of voids in an …

The onset of macroscopic strain localization limits the ductility of many ductile materials. For
porous ductile materials, two distinct mechanisms of macroscopic localization have been …

The aim of this work is to model the effect of inclusions upon void growth in porous ductile
metals. This effect arises from the fact that when such a material is subjected to low tensile …

The aim of this work is to pursue the modeling of the influence of inclusions upon the
behavior of porous ductile materials, initiated in Part I devoted to void growth prior to …

Micromechanics-based constitutive relations are developed to model plasticity in solids with
relatively high levels of porosity. They are especially appropriate to model void coalescence …