Fracturing of ductile anisotropic multilayers : influence of material strength

Acknowledgements. This work was financed through the research project CGL2004-03657, funded by the Spanish Ministry of Education and Science. We thank J. Carreras, E. Druguet and L. M. Castaño for discussions on some aspects related to this work. We gratefully acknowledge G. Zulauf and T. Duretz, whose constructive reviews greatly improved the manuscript, and the editorial guidance of N. MancktelowPeer reviewedPublisher PD