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An FEM study on crack tip blunting in ductile fracture initiation

N. Ramakrishnan¹, P. Rama Rao²

1 Regional Research Laboratory, Hoshangabad Road, Bhopal- 462026, India.
2 International Advanced Research Centre for Powder Metallurgy and New Materials, Balapur P. O., Hyderabad – 500 005, India.