Nonlinear focusing in dynamic crack fronts and the micro-branching transition
arXiv:1710.06004 · doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.119.215505
Abstract
Cracks in brittle materials produce two types of generic surface structures: facets at low velocities and micro-branches at higher ones. Here we observe a transition from faceting to micro-branching in polyacrylamide gels that is characterized by nonlinear dynamic localization of crack fronts. To better understand this process we derive a first-principles nonlinear equation of motion for crack fronts in the context of scalar elasticity. Its solution shows that nonlinear focusing coupled to rate-dependence of dissipation governs the transition to micro-branching.
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