VISCOUS EFFECTS IN BRITTLE-FRACTURE

Authors
PLA O GUINEA F LOUIS E GHAISAS SV SANDER LM
Citation
O. Pla et al., VISCOUS EFFECTS IN BRITTLE-FRACTURE, Physical review. B, Condensed matter, 57(22), 1998, pp. 13981-13984
Citations number
18
Categorie Soggetti
Physics, Condensed Matter
Journal title
Physical review. B, Condensed matter → ACNP
ISSN journal
01631829
Volume
57
Issue
22
Year of publication
1998
Pages
13981 - 13984
Database
ISI
SICI code
0163-1829(1998)57:22<13981:VEIB>2.0.ZU;2-#
Abstract
We use lattice simulations to study the dynamics of cracks under appli ed strains in brittle materials in the presence of substantial viscous dissipation. This is probably a physically relevant limit in real bri ttle materials. In large samples, cracks accelerate in the absence of viscous effects and become unstable against branching. With viscosity, cracks have a limiting velocity and long straight cracks can be stabl e.