Buoyancy-driven crack propagation: The limit of large fracture toughness

Journal of Fluid Mechanics

Volumn 580, Issue , 2007, Pages 359-380

  Roper, S M ^a,b   Lister, J R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b Northwestern University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUOYANCY; CRACK PROPAGATION; CRACK TIPS; ELASTIC MODULI; FRACTURE TOUGHNESS; HYDROSTATIC PRESSURE; INTEGRODIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; NUMERICAL METHODS; PRESSURE GRADIENT; VISCOSITY; VISCOUS FLOW;

HYDROSTATIC PRESSURE GRADIENT; LUBRICATION FLOW;

LUBRICATION;

BUOYANCY; CRACK PROPAGATION; CRACK TIPS; ELASTIC MODULI; FRACTURE TOUGHNESS; HYDROSTATIC PRESSURE; INTEGRODIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; LUBRICATION; NUMERICAL METHODS; PRESSURE GRADIENT; VISCOSITY; VISCOUS FLOW;

BUOYANCY; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; CRACK PROPAGATION; ELASTIC MODULUS; FRACTURE MECHANICS; FRACTURE TOUGHNESS; HYDROSTATIC PRESSURE; VISCOSITY; VISCOUS FLOW;

EID: 34548181824     PISSN: 00221120     EISSN: 14697645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022112007005472     Document Type: Article

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