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TY - JOUR
T1 - Self-affine properties of fractures in brittle materials
AU - Parisi, A
AU - Caldarelli, G
PY - 2000/5/15
Y1 - 2000/5/15
N2 - We present the result of numerical simulations for a fracturing process in a three-dimensional solid subjected to a mode-I load in a quasi-static regime. The solid is described using the Born model on an FCC lattice with a starting notch. We obtain a value of the roughness exponent ζ≃0.5 in agreement with the value measured in microfracturing experiments. Our result supports the idea that at small length scales the fracturing process can be considered as quasi-static, which is the basic of the possible application of the model of line depinning to the case of fractures.
AB - We present the result of numerical simulations for a fracturing process in a three-dimensional solid subjected to a mode-I load in a quasi-static regime. The solid is described using the Born model on an FCC lattice with a starting notch. We obtain a value of the roughness exponent ζ≃0.5 in agreement with the value measured in microfracturing experiments. Our result supports the idea that at small length scales the fracturing process can be considered as quasi-static, which is the basic of the possible application of the model of line depinning to the case of fractures.
KW - Roughness
KW - Fracture
KW - Brittle
U2 - 10.1016/S0378-4371(99)00633-0
DO - 10.1016/S0378-4371(99)00633-0
M3 - Journal article
VL - 280
SP - 161
EP - 165
JO - Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications
JF - Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications
SN - 0378-4371
IS - 1-2
ER -