Propagation of extended fractures by local nucleation and rapid transverse expansion of crack-front distortion
(2024)
Journal Article
Cochard, T., Svetlizky, I., Albertini, G., Viesca, R. C., Rubinstein, S., Spaepen, F., …Weitz, D. (2024). Propagation of extended fractures by local nucleation and rapid transverse expansion of crack-front distortion. Nature Physics, 20(4), 660–665. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41567-023-02365-0
Fractures are ubiquitous and can lead to the catastrophic material failure of materials. Although fracturing in a two-dimensional plane is well understood, all fractures are extended in and propagate through three-dimensional space. Moreover, their b... Read More about Propagation of extended fractures by local nucleation and rapid transverse expansion of crack-front distortion.