Why Is Ductile Fracture Preferred Over Brittle Fracture?
Why Is Ductile Fracture Preferred Over Brittle Fracture? 1 Modes of fracture. There are two types of fracture: brittle fracture and ductile fracture. Brittle fracture involves crack growth with little or no ductile deformation of the material around the crack tip. … As a result, ductile fracture is the preferred failure mode for damage-tolerant materials.