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The addition of a dispersed ductile phase in a brittle ceramic can result in an increased fracture toughness, mainly due to plastic dissipation during crack bridging. The large elastic-plastic deformations of a ductile particle intercepted by a brittle matrix crack are here analysed numerically with main focus on the effect of the growth of a single void in the particle centre, as has been observed experimentally. Particle-matrix debonding is incorporated in the numerical model, represented in terms of a cohesive zone formulation, and so is the effect of initial residual stresses induced by the thermal contraction mismatch during cooling from the processing temperature. The bridging behaviour is studied for different combinations of material parameters, and the void growth behaviour is related to previous results for cavitation instabilities in elastic-plastic solids.
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Tvergaard, V. Cavity growth in ductile particles bridging a brittle matrix crack. Int J Fract 72, 277–292 (1995). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00037315
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