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| Journal Article | PreJuSER-57284 |
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2007
APS
College Park, Md.
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Please use a persistent id in citations: http://hdl.handle.net/2128/7694 doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.98.015503
Abstract: A sharp interface model of crack propagation as a phase transition process is discussed. We develop a multipole expansion technique to solve this free boundary problem numerically. We obtain steady state solutions with a self-consistently selected propagation velocity and shape of the crack, provided that elastodynamic effects are taken into account. Also, we find a saturation of the steady state crack velocity below the Rayleigh speed, tip blunting with increasing driving force, and a tip splitting instability above a critical driving force.
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