Abstract:The effective plastic strain is a commonly used damage variable within continuum damage framework. The value of effective plastic strain at fracture, however, depends on strain rate, temperature and strain path. An alternate state variable is proposed in this work that can provide a unique path-independent2 fracture locus. The average dislocation density is a microstructure-based state variable and has been established in the past to describe the constitutive behaviour of plastic deformation. It is demonstrate… Show more
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