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 …

Particle reinforced metal matrix composites are now being produced commerically, and in
this paper the current status of these materials is reviewed. The different types of …

Spheroidized ferrite-cementite steel (SFC) is susceptible to micro-defects owing to the
mismatched deformation between the ferrite and cementite during cold forming, which …

This is the first of three overviews on failure of metals. Here, brittle and ductile failure under
monotonic loadings are addressed within the context of the local approach to fracture. In this …

Hydrogen embrittlement or degradation of mechanical properties by hydrogen is a latent
problem for structural materials. The problem is serious particularly for highstrength steels …

With its combination of practicality, readability, and rigor that is characteristic of any truly
authoritative reference and text, Fracture Mechanics: Fundamentals and Applications quickly …

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

A cohesive zone model, taking full account of finite geometry changes, is used to provide a
unified framework for describing the process of void nucleation from initial debonding …

A ductile fracture criterion is newly proposed to model fracture behavior of sheet metals for
nucleation, growth and shear coalescence of voids during plastic deformation. In the new …