Quasistatic fractures in brittle media and iterated conformal maps.
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We study the geometrical characteristic of quasistatic fractures in brittle media, using iterated conformal maps to determine the evolution of the fracture pattern. This method allows an efficient and accurate solution of the Lamé equations without resorting to lattice models. Typical fracture patterns exhibit increased ramification due to the increase of the stress at the tips. We find the roughness exponent of the experimentally relevant backbone of the fracture pattern, it crosses over from about 0.5 for small scales to about 0.75 for large scales. We propose that this crossover reflects the increased ramification of the fracture pattern.
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عنوان ژورنال:
- Physical review. E, Statistical, nonlinear, and soft matter physics
دوره 65 4 Pt 2A شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2002