Steady-state mode I cracks in a viscoelastic triangular lattice
| dc.creator | Pechenik, Leonid | |
| dc.creator | Levine, Herbert | |
| dc.creator | Kessler, David A. | |
| dc.date | 2000-02-20 | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2026-07-25T14:01:14Z | |
| dc.description | We continue our study of the exact solutions for steady-state cracks in ideally brittle viscoelastic lattice models by focusing on mode I in a triangular system. The issues we address include the crack velocity versus driving curve as well as the onset of additional bond-breaking, signaling the emergence of complex spatio-temporal behavior. Somewhat surprisingly, the critical velocity for this transition becomes a decreasing function of the dissipation for sufficiently large values thereof. At the end, we briefly discuss the possible relevance of our findings for experiments on mode I crack instabilities. | |
| dc.description | 17 pages, 14 figures, RevTeX4 | |
| dc.identifier | https://arxiv.org/abs/cond-mat/0002314 | |
| dc.identifier | http://arxiv.org/abs/cond-mat/0002314 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://dspace.dare.co.zw/handle/123456789/22406 | |
| dc.subject | Materials Science | |
| dc.title | Steady-state mode I cracks in a viscoelastic triangular lattice | |
| dc.type | text |