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Section 3<br />

Fig. 3.5. The observations <strong>of</strong> the growth <strong>of</strong> an assemble <strong>of</strong> voids near the crack tip for plane<br />

strain conditions (taken from [57]).<br />

void size in two directions, Rx <strong>and</strong> Ry, the size <strong>of</strong> the ligament, D, the value <strong>of</strong> the crack tip<br />

opening displacement, B, are plotted as a function <strong>of</strong> the dimensionless loading parameter <strong>of</strong><br />

the crack,<br />

J<br />

σ<br />

o o R<br />

, for different specimen geometries: the double-edge cracked (DEC), the<br />

center-cracked plain (CCP), three point bending (TPB), <strong>and</strong> the single-edge cracked (SEC).<br />

From Figure 3.4, the void <strong>and</strong> COD growth rates can be estimated for a TPB specimen (which<br />

has very similar constraint conditions as a compact tension specimen) <strong>and</strong> for plane strain<br />

conditions. The result is<br />

.<br />

.<br />

COD ≈ 1. 1⋅<br />

D . It should be noted that results obtained for other<br />

specimen types differ: for instance, for the SEC specimen,<br />

20<br />

.<br />

CODi .<br />

≈ 3⋅ D . In a recent study,<br />

[57], the growth <strong>of</strong> an assemble <strong>of</strong> voids in a polycrystalline microstructure near a crack tip<br />

has been modeled. An analysis <strong>of</strong> Figure 3.5 shows again that the void <strong>and</strong> COD growth rates<br />

are approximately equal. Thus, it can be concluded that the inaccuracy <strong>of</strong> determination <strong>of</strong> the<br />

CODvi-values related with the simple shifting <strong>of</strong> pr<strong>of</strong>iles is not high.<br />

3.3. Estimate <strong>of</strong> the maximum principal stresses in both phases<br />

3.3.1. Estimate <strong>of</strong> the HRR-stress tensor in the moment <strong>of</strong> void initiation<br />

The stress tensor at the moment <strong>of</strong> void initiation is estimated from the HRR-field solution<br />

(Eq. 3.1) which gives the stress field around a crack tip as a function <strong>of</strong> the <strong>global</strong> material<br />

<strong>properties</strong> <strong>and</strong> the polar coordinates with respect to the crack tip (Fig. 3.6) [41, 42],

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