Energies of a kinked crack line

Authors
Marder, M
Citation
M. Marder, Energies of a kinked crack line, J STAT PHYS, 93(3-4), 1998, pp. 511-525
Citations number
16
Categorie Soggetti
Physics
Journal title
JOURNAL OF STATISTICAL PHYSICS
ISSN journal
00224715 → ACNP
Volume
93
Issue
3-4
Year of publication
1998
Pages
511 - 525
Database
ISI
SICI code
0022-4715(199811)93:3-4<511:EOAKCL>2.0.ZU;2-O
Abstract
This article finds the energy of slightly kinked crack fronts in order to f ind the rare at which thermal fluctuations cause cracks to creep in three-d imensional settings.