Helical crack-front instability in mixed-mode fracture

Nature

Volumn 464, Issue 7285, 2010, Pages 85-89

  Pons, Antonio J ^a,b   Karma, Alain ^a  

^a NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRITTLE FRACTURE; CRACK; CRACK PROPAGATION; INSTABILITY; LOADING TEST; SHEAR STRESS; SURFACE ROUGHNESS; TENSILE STRESS; TENSION;

ARTICLE; COMPETITION; ENERGY; EVOLUTION; FORCE; FRACTURE; GEOMETRY; GROWTH; MATERIALS; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROTATION; SHEAR STRESS; SIMULATION; SURFACE PROPERTY; TENSION; THEORY;

EID: 77950816490     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature08862     Document Type: Article

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