A model is developed to describe the growth of voids in superplastic alloys. This is based on analyses by Hancock, Beere and Speight, and Edward and Ashby for the case of creep cavity growth controlled by plastic deformation of the matrix. It is shown that published data for the development of cavitation in several superplastic alloys fit the predictions of the model.
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