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Some analytical results for the velocity of cracks propagating in nonlinear lattices
1Centro Atómico Bariloche, Comisión Nacional de Energía Atómica (8400) Bariloche, Argentina.
Abstract:
We analyze a piecewise linear elastic model for the propagation of a crack in a stripe geometry under mode III conditions, in the absence of dissipation. The model is continuous in the propagation direction and discrete in the perpendicular direction. The velocity of the crack is a function of the value of the applied strain. We find analytically the value of the propagation velocity close to the Griffith threshold, and close to the strain of uniform breakdown. Contrary to the case of perfectly harmonic behavior up to the fracture point, in the piecewise linear elastic model the crack velocity is lower than the sound velocity, reaching this limiting value at the strain of uniform breakdown. We complement the analytical results with numerical simulations and find excellent agreement.
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