Dynamic scaling for crack growth in a medium containing many initial defects

Authors
Nishiuma, S Miyazima, S
Citation
S. Nishiuma et S. Miyazima, Dynamic scaling for crack growth in a medium containing many initial defects, PHYSICA A, 278(3-4), 2000, pp. 295-303
Citations number
18
Categorie Soggetti
Physics
Journal title
PHYSICA A
ISSN journal
03784371 → ACNP
Volume
278
Issue
3-4
Year of publication
2000
Pages
295 - 303
Database
ISI
SICI code
0378-4371(20000415)278:3-4<295:DSFCGI>2.0.ZU;2-3
Abstract
The dynamics of the crack growth process in a medium containing many initia l defects is investigated through the time-dependent cluster size distribut ion function using Monte Carlo simulations and scaling theory. Each initial defect in a medium is assumed to have two crack tips like the Griffith cra ck The effect of anisotropy of a medium on crack growth patterns is also st udied. (C) 2000 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved.