Scaling properties of crack branching and brittle fragmentation

M. Davydova; O. Naimark; V. Leontiev; S. Uvarov

doi:doi:10.1051/epjconf/20101000037

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Article Number		00037
Number of page(s)		4
DOI		http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/epjconf/20101000037
Published online		19 January 2011

EPJ Web of Conferences 10, 00037 (2010)
http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/epjconf/20101000037

Scaling properties of crack branching and brittle fragmentation

M. Davydova¹, O. Naimark¹, V. Leontiev¹ and S. Uvarov¹

¹ Institute of Continuous Media Mechanics RAS, 1 Ak. Korolev str., 614013 Perm, Russia

Published online: 19 January 2011

Abstract

The present study is focused on the correlation of scaling properties of crack branching and brittle fragmentation with damage accumulation and a change in the fracture mechanism. The experimental results obtained from the glass fragmentation tests indicate that the size distribution of fragments has a fractal character and is described by a power law.