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Steady-state mode III cracks in a viscoelastic lattice model

Materials Science 2007-05-23 v2

Abstract

We extend the Slepyan solution of the problem of a steady-state crack in an infinite ideally brittle lattice model to include dissipation in the form of Kelvin viscosity. As a demonstration of this technique, based on the Wiener-Hopf method, we apply the method to mode III cracks in a square lattice. We use this solution to find the critical velocity at which the steady-state solution becomes inconsistent due to additional bond-breaking; this point signaling the onset of complex dynamical behavior.

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@article{arxiv.cond-mat/0002313,
  title  = {Steady-state mode III cracks in a viscoelastic lattice model},
  author = {Leonid Pechenik and Herbert Levine and David A. Kessler},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:cond-mat/0002313},
  year   = {2007}
}

Comments

14 pages, 6 figures, RevTeX4, Replaced incorrect Fig. 1