Crack patterns obtained by unidirectional drying of a colloidal suspension in a capillary tube: Experiments and numerical simulations using a two-dimensional variational approach

International Journal of Fracture

Volumn 184, Issue 1-2, 2013, Pages 75-91

  Maurini, C ^a,b   Bourdin, B ^c   Gauthier, G ^a,d,e   Lazarus, V ^a,d,e  

^a SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^b INSTITUT JEAN LE ROND D ALEMBERT   (France)

^c LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SACLAY   (France)

^e CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Brittle fracture mechanics; Drying of a colloidal suspension; Free discontinuity problems; Griffith's fracture energy; Shrinkage cracks; Variational approach to fracture

Indexed keywords

COLLOIDAL SUSPENSIONS; CRACK CONFIGURATION; CROSS-SECTIONAL SHAPE; FREE-DISCONTINUITY PROBLEMS; QUANTITATIVE AGREEMENT; SHRINKAGE CRACKS; TRADITIONAL TECHNIQUES; VARIATIONAL APPROACHES;

BRITTLE FRACTURE; CAPILLARY TUBES; DRYING; EXPERIMENTS; FRACTURE ENERGY; LOADING; NUMERICAL MODELS; SHRINKAGE; SUSPENSIONS (FLUIDS); TUBES (COMPONENTS); TWO DIMENSIONAL;

GRIFFITH CRACKS;

EID: 84890974649     PISSN: 03769429     EISSN: 15732673     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10704-013-9824-5     Document Type: Conference Paper

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