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The effect of stress triaxiality on tensile behavior of cavitating specimens

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A force-equilibrium approach was utilized to simulate the tensile behavior of sheet specimens under cavitating conditions. Unlike previous work, the current model incorporated the effect of stress state on the cavity growth rate parameter η. It was found that stress triaxiality that develops after quasistable deformation has a relatively small effect on η. Thus, at a given level of true strain, the increased value of η leads to higher cavity volume fraction inside the specimen. Simulation results revealed that tensile elongation is not affected by the higher cavity growth rate parameter when failure is localization controlled; however, in cases in which failure is fracture (cavitation) controlled, the overall elongation decreases.

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  1. Silver and Baryte Ores Mining Co., S.A., 21A Amerikis Str., 106 72, Athens, Greece

    P. D. Nicolaou

  2. Air Force Research Laboratory, Materials and Manufacturing Directorate, AFRL/MLLM, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, OH, 45433-7817, USA

    S.L. Semiatin

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Nicolaou, P.D., Semiatin, S. The effect of stress triaxiality on tensile behavior of cavitating specimens. Journal of Materials Science 36, 5155–5159 (2001). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1012485510150

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