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Fracture processes in superplastic flow

Terence G. Langdon
- 01 Apr 1982 - 
- Vol. 16, Iss: 4, pp 175-183
TLDR
There are four distinct types of fracture in superplastic materials: failure by quasistable plastic flow, failure by necking, cavitation failure, and quasibrittle failure as discussed by the authors.
Abstract
There are four distinct types of fracture in superplastic materials: failure by quasistable plastic flow, failure by necking, cavitation failure, and quasibrittle failure. The characteristics of these four types are described with reference to experimental examples. Maximum elongation occurs in a superplastic material when it pulls out to a fine wire in quasi stable flow. It is demonstrated that there are two basic requirements for this type of flow: (a) a suppression of localized (but not diffuse) necking, and (b) a suppression of significant cavity interlinkage (but not necessarily of cavity nucleation and growth).

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