Fractures in complex fluids: The case of transient networks

Rheologica Acta

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 91-114

  Ligoure, Christian ^a   Mora, Serge ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ MONTPELLIER 2   (France)

Author keywords

Brittleness; Complex fluids; Ductility; Fracture; Fracture nucleation; Fracture propagation; Gels; Nonlinear viscoelasticity; Transient networks

Indexed keywords

EID: 84873523983     PISSN: 00354511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00397-012-0668-0     Document Type: Review

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