Abstract
Fatigue crack growth is analyzed for steady state and overload conditions. The model combines an elastic-plastic strain gradient hardening material and an irreversible cohesive zone model. Plastic strain gradients are found not to affect steady-state fatigue crack growth but play a key role in the overload response. Plastic strain gradient hardening lowers plastic strain magnitudes and alters the spatial distribution of plastic strain. This leads to reduced crack closure and higher crack growth rates during and after the overload. Using classical plasticity alone to describe fatigue crack growth following an overload is thus nonconservative.
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