Evolution of mud-crack patterns during repeated drying cycles
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Lucas Goehring, 2, 3 Rebecca Conroy, Asad Akhter, William J. Clegg, and Alexander F. Routh 3, ∗ Department of Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology, University of Cambridge, Pembroke Street, Cambridge, UK, CB2 3RA Department of Materials Science and Metallurgy, University of Cambridge, Pembroke Street, Cambridge, UK, CB2 3QZ BP Institute for Multiphase Flow, University of Cambridge, Madingley Rise, Madingley Road Cambridge, UK, CB3 0EZ (Dated: March 26, 2010)
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