Nonlinear Sciences – Chaotic Dynamics
Scientific paper
1994-06-23
Nonlinear Sciences
Chaotic Dynamics
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Scientific paper
In order to study the stability of mode-I fracture, we consider a crack moving along the centerline of a very wide strip and compute its steady-state response to a small, spatially periodic shear stress. We find that, in the presence of this perturbation, the crack remains very nearly straight up to a critical speed $v_c$ of about $0.8\,v_R$, where $v_R$ is the Rayleigh speed. Deviations from straight-line propagation are suppressed by a factor proportional to $W^{-1/2}$, where $W$ is the width of the strip. At $v_c$, however, this suppression disappears and the steady-state crack follows the wavy curve along which the shear stress vanishes in the unbroken strip. We interpret this behavior as a loss of stability and discuss its implications for a more complete dynamical theory of fracture propagation.
Ching Emily S. C.
Langer James S.
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