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On the propagation velocity of a straight brittle crack

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A non-equilibrium description of the crack propagation in the framework of the material setting is applied to the straight-through crack in brittle materials. The velocity of the crack is determined in terms of the driving force by means of non-equilibrium jump relations at the crack front. Theoretical results are compared with experimental data for Homalite-100.

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  1. Centre for Nonlinear Studies, Institute of Cybernetics at Tallinn University of Technology, Akadeemia tee 21, Tallinn, 12618, Estonia

    Arkadi Berezovski

  2. Laboratoire de Modélisation en Mécanique, Université Pierre et Marie Curie, UMR 7607, Tour 65-55, Case 162, 4 Place Jussieu, 75252, Paris Cedex 05, France

    Gerard A. Maugin

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Berezovski, A., Maugin, G.A. On the propagation velocity of a straight brittle crack. Int J Fract 143, 135–142 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10704-007-9053-x

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