A Lode-dependent enhanced Lemaitre model for ductile fracture prediction at low stress triaxiality

The present paper deals with a modification of the stress triaxiality-based Lemaitre damage model to predict the ductile fracture at low stress triaxiality and shear-dominated loadings. The influence of the third stress invariant on damage evolution is introduced through the Lode parameter to form the Lode-dependent Enhanced Lemaitre (LEL) model. The enhanced model is then employed to predict fracture at different loading configurations and for two materials. For each material, the hardening law is first identified using both J 2 and J 2 – J 3 plasticity criteria depending on material. A methodology to obtain the damage model parameters is then presented and applied to two different materials. Good agreement between the experimental and numerical results is obtained, which shows the interest of the proposed model to predict the ductile fracture for various loading configurations at both low and high stress triaxialities.