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Crack path in an amorphous material in the quasi static limit

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 January 2011

Robb Thomson
Affiliation:
Materials Science and Engineering Laboratory, National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, Maryland 20899–0001
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Abstract

Crack path stability is discussed, and it is shown that the standard continuum mechanics -force on a crack is the correct driving force for a crack. In a glass, where all cleavage planes are possible, this criterion also implies a path where the local Mode II on the crack is nullified.

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Copyright © Materials Research Society 1996

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