We investigate the effect on the roughness of microcrack nucleation ahead of a propagating planar crack and study the structure of the damage zone. To this end we consider a quasi-two dimensional random fuse model, confining the crack between two horizontal plates. The two-dimensional geometry introduces a characteristic length in the problem, limiting the crack roughness. The damage ahead of the crack does not appear to change the scaling properties of the model, which axe well described by gradient percolation.
Effect of damage on the roughness of planar cracks: The case of the random fuse model / S. Zapperi, H. Herrmann, S. Roux. - In: FRACTALS-COMPLEX GEOMETRY PATTERNS AND SCALING IN NATURE AND SOCIETY. - ISSN 0218-348X. - 11:Supplement(2003 Feb), pp. 327-332.
Effect of damage on the roughness of planar cracks: The case of the random fuse model
S. Zapperi
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2003
Abstract
We investigate the effect on the roughness of microcrack nucleation ahead of a propagating planar crack and study the structure of the damage zone. To this end we consider a quasi-two dimensional random fuse model, confining the crack between two horizontal plates. The two-dimensional geometry introduces a characteristic length in the problem, limiting the crack roughness. The damage ahead of the crack does not appear to change the scaling properties of the model, which axe well described by gradient percolation.Pubblicazioni consigliate
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