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Transition from damage to fragmentation in collision of solids

arXiv:cond-mat/9810315 · doi:10.1103/PhysRevE.59.2623

Abstract

We investigate fracture and fragmentation of solids due to impact at low energies using a two-dimensional dynamical model of granular solids. Simulating collisions of two solid discs we show that, depending on the initial energy, the outcome of a collision process can be classified into two states: a damaged and a fragmented state with a sharp transition in between. We give numerical evidence that the transition point between the two states behaves as a critical point, and we discuss the possible mechanism of the transition.

Revtex, 12 figures included. accepted by Phys. Rev. E

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