Stability analysis of crack propagation

H. J. Herrmann, J. Kertész

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Abstract (may include machine translation)

The propagation of a crack in an isotropic elastic medium is treated as a moving boundary problem. Linear stability analysis shows that for the stretched membrane with a central, initially circular hole all modes are stable. On the other hand all modes are unstable for a two-dimensional arrangement where the crack is induced by pressure in a central hole.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)227-235
Number of pages9
JournalPhysica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications
Volume178
Issue number2
DOIs
StatePublished - 15 Oct 1991
Externally publishedYes

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