Crack-branching
- 1 October 1967
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in Philosophical Magazine
- Vol. 16 (142), 749-760
- https://doi.org/10.1080/14786436708222774
Abstract
Velocity measurements on cracks in sapphire and glass have been made using Wallner lines. Contrary to the view that crack-branching in a given material occurs at a constant critical velocity, it is found that the branching velocity can vary with the stress on the crack. On the other hand, [sgrave]cb1/2- is constant. Here [sgrave]f is the stress normal to the crack and Cb is the semi-length of a double-ended crack when it branches. A theory is given in terms of the condition for inducing persistent growth of a new crack ahead of the running crack.Keywords
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