Percolation, wave propagation, and void link up effects in ductile fracture

This work investigates the time evolution and spatial morphology of ductile damage based on void growth and coalescence. The size enhancement of damage cluster growth, as well as wave speed limiting of growth, are treated microscopically. Simplified 2D plane strain simulations using individual voids are done with uniaxial stress and explained with a probabilistic theory. At low strain rate, fracture occurs by long, localized cracks. At high strain rates, widespread, random damage breaks the system. The Voronoi tessellation of voids can be used to map out the spatial network of still solid material in 3D ductile fracture. Using it, the spallation porosity is calculated based on percolation theory.