Microbranching instability and the dynamic fracture of brittle materials

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 54, Issue 10, 1996, Pages 7128-7139

  Sharon, Eran ^a   Fineberg, Jay ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

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EID: 0001294816     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.54.7128     Document Type: Article

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