Prediction of cleavage fracture for a low-alloy steel in the ductile-to-brittle transition temperature range

A Statistical Distribution Function of Wide Applicability

Waloddi Weibull · Journal of Applied Mechanics · 1951 · 11.4K citations

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Continuum Theory of Ductile Rupture by Void Nucleation and Growth: Part I—Yield Criteria and Flow Rules for Porous Ductile Media

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Natural Sciences, Materials Engineering, Materials Science +17

On the relationship between critical tensile stress and fracture toughness in mild steel

Robert O. Ritchie, J. F. Knott, J. R. Rice · Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids · 1973 · 1.5K citations

Engineering, Materials Engineering, Materials Science +16

On localization in ductile materials containing spherical voids

Viggo Tvergaard · International Journal of Fracture · 1982 · 1.4K citations

Natural Sciences, Materials Engineering, Materials Science +12

A local criterion for cleavage fracture of a nuclear pressure vessel steel

F. M. Beremin, A. Pineau, F. Mudry et al. · Metallurgical Transactions A · 1983 · 1.2K citations

Engineering, Materials Science, Nuclear Engineering +16