Drying Patterns: Sensitivity to Residual Stresses

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2009-01-07

arxiv.org/abs/0901.0797v1

Phys. Rev. E 79, 046109 (2009)

Physics

Condensed Matter

Materials Science

4 pages, 4 figures

Scientific paper

Volume alteration in solid materials is a common cause of material failure. Here we investigate the crack formation in thin elastic layers attached to a substrate. We show that small variations in the volume contraction and substrate restraint can produce widely different crack patterns ranging from spirals to complex hierarchical networks. The networks are formed when there is no prevailing gradient in material contraction whereas spirals are formed in the presence of a radial gradient in the contraction of a thin elastic layer.

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