Ductile rupture in metals is a phenomenon that affects a wide range of applications from
forming of automotive body panels to failure of pressure vessels. The incipient stage …

The physical and mechanical properties that can be obtained with metal matrix composites
(MMCs) have made them attractive candidate materials for aerospace, automotive and …

Necking and failure in a round tensile test specimen is analysed numerically, based on a set
of elastic-plastic constitutive relations that account for the nucleation and growth of micro …

The effects of void nucleation occurring during the deformation history on forming limit
curves are considered for both in-plane and punch stretching employing a constitutive …

The strengthening of metals by a variety of means has been of interest over much of history.
However, the elucidation of the actual mechanisms involved in the processes of alloying and …

In the preface to the first edition of Tensile Testing, editor Patricia Han wrote “Our vision for
this book was to provide a volume that could serve not only as an introduction for those who …

The purpose of this paper is to review ductile fracture of metallic systems. The goal has been
to present both mechanics and microstructural aspects of ductile fracture and to emphasize …

Experiments were performed on A508 class 3 steel in order to determine the conditions for
cavity formation from elongated MnS inclusions. Circumferentially notched tensile …

The microstructural aspects of dimpled rupture in metals and alloys are reviewed. The
models describing the dimpled rupture process are given and discussed in light of …

The theory of strain localization is reviewed with reference both to local necking in sheet
metal forming processes and to more general three dimensional shear band localizations …