Fracture surfaces of heterogeneous materials: a 2D solvable model

Details Fracture surfaces of heterogeneous materials: a 2D solvable model Fracture surfaces of heterogeneous materials: a 2D solvable model

2006-10-06

arxiv.org/abs/cond-mat/0610185v1

EPL 78 46006 (2007)

Physics

Condensed Matter

Materials Science

4 pages, 4 figures

Scientific paper

10.1209/0295-5075/78/46006

Using an elastostatic description of crack growth based on the Griffith criterion and the principle of local symmetry, we present a stochastic model describing the propagation of a crack tip in a 2D heterogeneous brittle material. The model ensures the stability of straight cracks and allows for the study of the roughening of fracture surfaces. When neglecting the effect of the non singular stress, the problem becomes exactly solvable and yields analytic predictions for the power spectrum of the paths. This result suggests an alternative to the conventional power law analysis often used in the analysis of experimental data.

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