Basalt columns and crack formation during directional drying of colloidal suspensions in capillary tubes

12th International Conference on Fracture 2009, ICF-12

Volumn 7, Issue , 2009, Pages 5521-5528

  Lazarus, V ^a   Gauthier, G ^a   Pauchard, L ^a   Maurini, C ^a   Valdivia, C ^a  

^a SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAPILLARY CELL; COLLOIDAL SILICA; COLLOIDAL SUSPENSIONS; CRACK MORPHOLOGY; DIRECTIONAL DRYING; DRYING PROCESS; EXPERIMENTAL CONDITIONS; LINEAR ELASTIC MEDIUM; NEGATIVE CAPILLARY PRESSURE; OPEN EDGES; POROUS MEDIUM; PRESTRESSES; VARIATIONAL APPROACHES;

BASALT; CAPILLARY TUBES; CRACKS; FRACTURE; GELATION; MORPHOLOGY; POROUS MATERIALS; SILICA;

SUSPENSIONS (FLUIDS);

EID: 84869797666     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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