RT Conference Proceedings T1 Through thickness evolution of crack tip plasticity A1 Camas-Peña, Daniel A1 López-Crespo, Pablo A1 Antunes, Fernando Ventura A1 Yates, John R. K1 Mecánica de fractura AB Experimental methods to measure fracture mechanics parameters tend to provide information from or about the surface of cracked components. However, information about the interior of the component is key to understanding the mechanisms governing the damage processes at a crack tip for both fatigue and fracture events. In this work we present a detailed numerical analysis of the evolution of the plastic zone through the thickness of an aluminium alloy specimen. This is done by means of ultra-fine non- linear finite element models. The simulated results are compared with experimental displacement data measured optically from the surface of the specimen. YR 2017 FD 2017-07-19 LK http://hdl.handle.net/10630/14274 UL http://hdl.handle.net/10630/14274 LA eng NO Universidad de Málaga. Campus de Excelencia Internacional Andalucía Tech. DS RIUMA. Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Málaga RD 20 ene 2026