The past 20 years have seen substantial work on the modeling of ductile damage and
fracture. Several factors explain this interest.(i) There is a growing demand to provide tools …

The micromechanics of ductile fracture has made enormous progress in recent years. This
approach, which was mostly developed in the context of structural integrity analysis, is …

Recent developments in engineering and technology have brought about serious and
enlarged demands for reliability, safety and economy in wide range of fields such as …

In situ tensile tests were carried out during X-ray microtomography imaging of three steels: a
single phase ferritic steel, a dual phase steel and a fully martensitic steel. Cavity growth was …

Modelling of metal forming processes is an essential task of production engineering. Due to
the latest technological developments, a huge variety of models is already available and …

Ultra-low cycle fatigue (ULCF) is a critical concern in the seismic design of steel structures
due to its adverse effects on the ductility and energy dissipation capacity of steel …

This book fills a gap by presenting our current knowledge and understanding of continuum-
based concepts behind computational methods used for microstructure and process …

This work is concerned with the theoretical development, algorithmic implementation and
numerical investigation of a novel thermodynamically consistent 'two-surface'gradient …

Ductile failure of three 6xxx serie aluminium alloys has been characterized and modelled for
about thirty hardening conditions each. These alloys involve relatively similar composition …

New extensions of a model for the growth and coalescence of ellipsoidal voids based on the
Gurson formalism are proposed in order to treat problems involving shear and/or voids axis …