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  • 1INSP, UPMC Université Paris 06, CNRS UMR 7588, 140 rue de Lourmel, 75015 Paris, France.

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Area of Science:

  • Materials Science
  • Rheology
  • Fracture Mechanics

Background:

  • Understanding fracture mechanics in soft solids like gelatin is crucial for material design.
  • Quasistatic crack propagation in gels exhibits complex surface roughness.
  • Anisotropy and instabilities in fracture are not fully understood in these materials.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To analyze the 2D roughness profiles of fracture surfaces in gelatin gels.
  • To characterize the anisotropy and instabilities during crack propagation.
  • To investigate the relationship between crack behavior and material properties.

Main Methods:

  • 2D analysis of fracture surface roughness profiles.
  • Observation of quasistatic crack propagation in gelatin gels.

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  • Identification of crack velocities and resulting surface patterns.

    • Main Results:

    • Observed strong anisotropy in roughness profiles, independent of velocity.
    • Identified a subcritical instability below a critical velocity, forming a cross-hatched regime.
    • Macrostep drift at specific angles and nucleation on crack-pinning inhomogeneities were noted.
    • Step height correlated with the strain-hardened zone width.

    Conclusions:

    • Gelatin fracture surfaces exhibit unique anisotropic behavior.
    • A critical velocity governs the transition to a cross-hatched fracture regime.
    • Material properties like elastic crack blunting influence fracture characteristics in soft solids.