Finite-distance singularities in the tearing of thin sheets

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2011-02-25

arxiv.org/abs/1102.5273v1

Physics

Condensed Matter

Materials Science

4 pages, 4 figures

Scientific paper

We investigate the interaction between two cracks propagating in a thin sheet. Two different experimental geometries allow us to tear sheets by imposing an out-of-plane shear loading. We find that two tears converge along self-similar paths and annihilate each other. These finite-distance singularities display geometry-dependent similarity exponents, which we retrieve using scaling arguments based on a balance between the stretching and the bending of the sheet close to the tips of the cracks.

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