Understanding fast macroscale fracture from microcrack post mortem patterns

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 109, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 390-394

  Guerr, Claudia ^a,b   Scheibert, Julien ^a,c,d,e   Bonamy, Daniel ^a   Dalmas, Davy ^c  

^a CEA SACLAY   (France)

^b UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE NUEVO LEÓN   (Mexico)

^c CNRS   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^e ECOLE CENTRALE DE LYON   (France)

Author keywords

Crack speed; Dynamic fracture; Fracture energy; Fracture process; Polymeric glass

Indexed keywords

POLY(METHYL METHACRYLATE);

ACCELERATION; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; DYNAMIC FRACTURE; ENERGY YIELD; FRACTURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCESS MODEL; SURFACE TENSION; VELOCITY;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; MATERIALS TESTING; POLYMETHYL METHACRYLATE; STRESS, MECHANICAL;

EID: 84855986284     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1113205109     Document Type: Article

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