Failure time and microcrack nucleation

Europhysics Letters

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 456-461

  Guarino, A ^a   Ciliberto, S ^a   Garcimartin A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE LYON   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NAVARRA   (Spain)

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EID: 0033546510     PISSN: 02955075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1209/epl/i1999-00409-9     Document Type: Article

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