Time-dependent or creep failures are incresasingly being observed in constrained thin-film metals. These methals are often subjected to unusually high triaxial stress-states and new mechanisms for failure must be considered. A variety of mechanisms are discussed that include unstable cavity growth without far-feid plasticity, a new cavity nucleation and interlinkage theory, as well as more traditional concepts such as diffusion-controlled cavity growth.
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