Microscopic mechanisms of the brittleness of viscoelastic fluids

Physical Review Letters

Volumn 102, Issue 15, 2009, Pages

  Tabuteau, H ^a   Mora, S ^a   Porte, G ^a   Abkarian, M ^a   Ligoure, C ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EXPERIMENTAL VALUES; GRIFFITH'S THEORIES; LARGE CLASS; MICROSCOPIC MECHANISMS; RUPTURE STRESS; THERMAL FLUCTUATIONS; TRANSIENT NETWORKS; VISCO-ELASTIC FLUIDS; YOUNG MODULUS;

BRITTLE FRACTURE; BRITTLENESS; FRACTURE MECHANICS; PLASTICITY;

FLUIDS;

EID: 65549164264     PISSN: 00319007     EISSN: 10797114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.102.155501     Document Type: Article

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