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Influence of voids on shear band instabilities under plane strain conditions

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The effect of microscopic voids on the failure mechanism of a ductile material is investigated by considering an elastic-plastic medium containing a boubly periodic array of circular cylindrical voids. For this voided material under uniaxial or biaxial plane strain tension the state of stresses and deformations is determined numerically. Bifurcation away from the fundamental state of deformation is analysed with special interest in a repetitive pattern that represents the state of deformation inside a shear band. Both in the fundamental state and in the bifurcation analysis the interaction between voids and the details of the stress distribution around voids are fully accounted for. Comparison is made with the shear band instabilities predicted by a continuum model of a ductile porous medium. Based on the numerical results an adjustment is suggested for the approximate yield condition in this model of dilatant, pressure sensitive plastic behaviour.

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Les effets de lacunes microscopiques sur le mécanisme de la rupture d'un matériau ductile ont été étudiés en considérant un milieu élastoplastique comportant une double rangée périodique de lacunes circulaires cylindriques. Pour ce matériau soumis à une tension en état plan de déformations uniaxiales ou biaxiales, on détermine par voie numérique l'état des tensions et des déformations. On analyse une déviation par rapport à l'état fondamental des déformations en s'intéressant plus particulièrement à l'aspect répétifif représentant l'état de déformation à l'intérieur d'une bande de cisaillement. L'interaction entre les lacunes et les détails de la distribution des contraintes autour de ces lacunes sont pris en compte dans une approche fondamentale et dans l'analyse de la déviation. Une comparaison est établie avec les instabilités des bandes de cisaillement prédites par un modèle continu dans un milieu poreux ductile. En se basant sur les résultats numériques, on suggère un ajustement à la condition approchée de cédage dans ce modèle de comportement plastique en dilatation et sensible à la pression.

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Tvergaard, V. Influence of voids on shear band instabilities under plane strain conditions. Int J Fract 17, 389–407 (1981). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00036191

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