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Crack Growth and Propagation in Metallic Alloys

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 February 2011

W. C. Morrey  and
L. T. Wille
W. C. Morrey
Affiliation:
Department of Physics, Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, FL 33431
L. T. Wille
Affiliation:
Department of Physics, Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, FL 33431
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Abstract

Using large-scale molecular dynamics simulation on a massively parallel computer, we have studied the initiation of cracking in a Monel-like alloy of Cu-Ni. In a low temperature 2D sample, fracture from a notch starts at a little beyond 2.5% critical strain when the propagation direction is perpendicular to a cleavage plane. We discuss a method of characterizing crack tip position using a measure of area around the crack tip.

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MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 409: Symposium Q – Fracture-Instablility Dynamics, scaling and Ductile/Brittle Behavior , 1995 , 81
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 1996

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