%0 journal article
%@ 1438-1656
%A Brocks, W.

%D 2009
%J Advanced Engineering Materials
%N 3
%P 137-142 
%R doi:10.1002/adem.200800307
%T Cracks and Plasticity
%U https://doi.org/10.1002/adem.200800307
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%X nucleation and growth, porosity based constitutive equations, the cohesive zone model and the macroscopic fracture-mechanics approach. The potential of a hierarchical modeling approach from the micro- to the macroscale is emphasized.