Modeling Crack Propagation in Polycrystalline Microstructure Using Variational Multiscale Method

Figure 8

Tensile test with the multiscale model. (a) Boundary conditions, (b) load-displacement response, elastic versus elastoplastic material behavior, (c) contours for the elastic case, and (d) contours for the elastoplastic case showing the crack trajectory.

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