Universal features of the microbranching instability in dynamic fracture

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Abstract

We investigate the universality of the microbranching instability, by comparison between the characteristics of a mode I dynamic crack, in both poly(methyl methacrylate) (PMMA) and soda-lime glass. We demonstrate the existence of the instability in glass, and the similarities of its features in both PMMA and glass. In glass, as in PMMA, there is a well defined threshold for the appearance of microbranches. This threshold is higher in glass 0.44.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)243-251
Number of pages9
JournalPhilosophical Magazine B: Physics of Condensed Matter; Statistical Mechanics, Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Properties
Volume78
Issue number2
DOIs
StatePublished - Aug 1998

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