Straight cracks in dynamic brittle fracture

Details Straight cracks in dynamic brittle fracture Straight cracks in dynamic brittle fracture

1998-12-24

arxiv.org/abs/cond-mat/9812391v1

Physics

Condensed Matter

Materials Science

10 pages, 6 figures

Scientific paper

We study the dynamics of cracks in brittle materials when the velocity of the crack is comparable to the sound velocity by means of lattice simulations. Inertial and damped dynamics are analyzed. It is shown that dissipation strongly influences the shape of the crack. While inertial cracks are highly unstable, dissipation can stabilize straight cracks. Our results can help to explain recent experiments on PMMA.

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