Numerical simulation of fatigue crack growth based on accumulated plastic strain

•FCG by node release occurs when accumulated plastic strain reaches a critical value.•A critical plastic strain of 110% was obtained for the 2024-T351 aluminium alloy.•The da/dN-ΔK curve was found to be linear in log-log scales with a slope m = 2.4.•The difference to experimental results was attribu...

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