Confirming the continuum theory of dynamic brittle fracture for fast cracks

Nature

Volumn 397, Issue 6717, 1999, Pages 333-335

  Sharon, Eran ^a   Fineberg, Jay ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMORPHOUS MATERIALS; CONTINUUM MECHANICS; CRACK PROPAGATION; ELASTICITY; MATHEMATICAL TECHNIQUES; MORPHOLOGY; OSCILLATIONS; STABILITY; STRESSES; VELOCITY; VELOCITY MEASUREMENT;

ASYMPTOTIC VALUE; CONTINUUM THEORY; ENERGY FLUX; INTRINSIC INSTABILITY; MICRO BRANCHING; SINGLE CRACK MOTION;

BRITTLE FRACTURE;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELASTICITY; MATERIALS TESTING; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MOLECULAR PHYSICS; OSCILLATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VELOCITY;

EID: 0033611510     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/16891     Document Type: Article

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