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The FE-simulation of ductile fracture processes for discrete crack propagation using nodal release approach is well established for modelling crack in metal sheet. In this method, the crack is assumed to initiate or propagate along the element edges; hence, a new crack boundary is generated in the sheet continuum. Therefore, when a criterion at a node is reached then that node is duplicated into two...