Polycrystal models for the analysis of intergranular crack growth in metallic materials |
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Authors: | Torsten Luther Carsten Könke |
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Affiliation: | Institute of Structural Mechanics, Bauhaus-University Weimar, Marienstr. 15, D-99423 Weimar, Germany |
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Abstract: | In polycrystal materials the intergranular decohesion is one important damage phenomena that leads to microcrack initiation. The paper presents a mesoscale model, which is focused on the brittle intergranular damage process in metallic polycrystals. The model reproduces the crack initiation and propagation along cohesive grain boundaries between brittle grains. An advanced Voronoi algorithm is applied to generate polycrystal material structures based on arbitrary distribution functions of grain size. Therewith, the authors are more flexible to represent realistic grain size distributions. The polycrystal model is applied to analyze the crack initiation and propagation in statically loaded samples of aluminium on the mesoscale without the necessity of initial damage definition. |
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Keywords: | Polycrystal mesoscale model Metals Damage mechanics Intergranular fracture |
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