Nonlinear Focusing in Dynamic Crack Fronts and the Microbranching Transition.
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DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.119.215505
Abstract: Cracks in brittle materials produce two types of generic surface structures: facets at low velocities and microbranches at higher ones. Here we observe a transition from faceting to microbranching in polyacrylamide gels that is characterized… read more here.
Keywords: dynamic crack; transition; crack fronts; nonlinear focusing ... See more keywords