Abstract (may include machine translation)
The propagation of a crack can be considered as a moving boundary problem. Linear analysis shows that under some circumstances instability occurs constituting the basis for fractal growth. If the conditions are anisotropic, the crack becomes self-affine. Experiments on breaking paper sheets under tensile stress are described and the obtained lines analysed from the fractal point of view.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 208-212 |
| Number of pages | 5 |
| Journal | Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications |
| Volume | 191 |
| Issue number | 1-4 |
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| State | Published - 15 Dec 1992 |
| Externally published | Yes |