Abstract: Limiting solutions are discussed for elastic-plastic deformation around rigid particles of both equiaxed and greatly elongated shapes. It is shown that if the matrix can be characterized as a ...

Abstract: The mechanisms of brittle-to-ductile transition of fracture in intrinsically brittle crystalline solids such as structural steel have been of great technological interest for a long time. While ...

Abstract: The competing effects of failure by net section stress rupture and failure due to crack growth in creeping structural alloys have been investigated to determine the dominant failure process ...