Dislocation plasticity effects on interfacial fracture Academic Article uri icon

abstract

  • Analyses are reviewed where plastic flow in the vicinity of an interfacial crack is represented in terms of the nucleation and glide of discrete dislocations. Attention is confined to cracks along a metal-ceramic interface, with the ceramic idealized as being rigid. Both monotonic and fatigue loading are considered. The main focus is on the stress and deformation fields near the crack tip predicted by discrete dislocation plasticity, in comparison with those obtained from conventional continuum plasticity theory. The role that discrete dislocation plasticity can play in interpreting interface fracture properties in the presence of plastic flow is discussed.

published proceedings

  • INTERFACE SCIENCE

author list (cited authors)

  • van der Giessen, E., & Needleman, A.

citation count

  • 7

complete list of authors

  • van der Giessen, E||Needleman, A

publication date

  • July 2003