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The damage behavior of this steel is described with the Gurson\u2013Tvergaard\u2013Needleman (GTN) model using an identification procedure based on the uniaxial tensile and initial microvoids data. The microstructure of the CR980XG3TM steel is composed of ferrite, martensite\u2013austenite islands, and retained austenite with a volume fraction of 12.2%. The global formability of the CR980XG3TM steel, namely the product of the uniaxial tensile strength and total elongation values, is 24.3 GPa%. The Lankford coefficient shows a weak initial plastic anisotropy of the CR980XG3TM steel with the in-plane anisotropy close to zero (\u22120.079) and the normal anisotropy close to unity (0.917). The identified GTN parameters for the CR980XG3TM steel provided a good forecast for the limit strains defined according to ISO 12004-2 standard from the uniaxial tensile and plane-strain tension data.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/met12020214","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2022,1,25]],"date-time":"2022-01-25T20:40:18Z","timestamp":1643143218000},"page":"214","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":25,"title":["Damage Analysis of Third-Generation Advanced High-Strength Steel Based on the Gurson\u2013Tvergaard\u2013Needleman (GTN) Model"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"12","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-8019-6805","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Rafael O.","family":"Santos","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"TEMA\u2014Centre for Mechanical Technology and Automation, Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Aveiro, 3810-193 Aveiro, Portugal"},{"name":"Department of Mechanical Engineering, Centro Federal de Educa\u00e7\u00e3o Tecnol\u00f3gica Celso Suckow da Fonseca CEFET\/RJ, Rio de Janeiro 23953-030, Brazil"},{"name":"Graduate Program of Metallurgical Engineering, Universidade Federal Fluminense, Volta Redonda 27255-125, Brazil"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-8885-8874","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Luciano P.","family":"Moreira","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Graduate Program of Metallurgical Engineering, Universidade Federal Fluminense, Volta Redonda 27255-125, Brazil"}]},{"given":"Marilena C.","family":"Butuc","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"TEMA\u2014Centre for Mechanical Technology and Automation, Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Aveiro, 3810-193 Aveiro, Portugal"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-0338-3911","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Gabriela","family":"Vincze","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"TEMA\u2014Centre for Mechanical Technology and Automation, Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Aveiro, 3810-193 Aveiro, Portugal"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-8342-5116","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Ant\u00f3nio B.","family":"Pereira","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"TEMA\u2014Centre for Mechanical Technology and Automation, Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Aveiro, 3810-193 Aveiro, Portugal"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2022,1,24]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","unstructured":"Council of European Union\u2013European Parliament (2014). 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