Modeling the ductile fracture behavior of an aluminum alloy 5083-H116 including the residual stress effect

In this work, the plasticity and ductile fracture behaviors of an aluminum alloy 5083-H116 are studied through a series of experiments and finite element analyses. A recently developed stress state dependent plasticity model, the I1–J2–J3 plasticity model, is implemented to describe the plastic response of this material. Furthermore, a ductile failure criterion based on a damage parameter defined in terms of the accumulative plastic strain as a function of the stress triaxiality and the Lode angle is established. The calibrated I1–J2–J3 plasticity model and ductile failure model are utilized to study the residual stress effect on ductile fracture resistance. A local out-of-plane compression approach is employed to generate residual stress fields in the compact tension specimens. Fracture tests of C(T) specimens having zero, positive and negative residual stresses are conducted. The numerical results, such as load–displacement curves and crack front profiles, are compared with experimental measurements and good agreements are observed. Both experimental and finite element results show significant effect of residual stress on ductile fracture resistance.