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20202026
most citedOn the scale dependence in the dynamics of frictional rupture: constant fracture energy versus size-dependent breakdown work

45 citations · 138 across the 8 of their papers we have counts for

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8 papers

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2026

Bridging perturbation and variational approaches in brittle fracture

Serafim Egorov, Antoine Sanner, Jean Sulem +2

We present a variational reduced-order model for three-dimensional coplanar propagation of sharp cracks in heterogeneous perfectly brittle solids under mixed-mode I+II+III loading.…

physics.geo-ph2025★ 3 cited

Direct Estimation of Earthquake Source Properties from a Single CCTV Camera

Soumaya Latour, Mathias Lebihain, Harsha S. Bhat +4

We present a direct measurement of the slip-rate function from a natural coseismic rupture, recorded on March 28, 2025, during the 7.7 Mandalay earthquake (Myanmar). This mea…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2023★ 12 cited

Size effects in the toughening of brittle materials by heterogeneities: a non-linear analysis of front deformations

Mathias Lebihain, Manish Vasoya, Véronique Lazarus

Traditional computational approaches in simulating crack propagation in perfectly brittle materials rely on the estimate of stress intensity factors along the rupture front. This p…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2022

Dynamic crack front deformations in cohesive materials

Thibault Roch, Mathias Lebihain, Jean-François Molinari

Crack fronts deform due to heterogeneities, and inspecting these deformations can reveal local variations of material properties, and help predict out of plane damage. Current mode…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2022★ 11 cited

Quasi-static crack front deformations in cohesive materials

Mathias Lebihain, Thibault Roch, Jean-François Molinari

When a crack interacts with material heterogeneities, its front distorts and adopts complex tortuous configurations that are reminiscent of the energy barriers encountered during c…

physics.geo-ph2021★ 45 cited

On the scale dependence in the dynamics of frictional rupture: constant fracture energy versus size-dependent breakdown work

Federica Paglialunga, François Passelègue, Nicolas Brantut +3

Potential energy stored during the inter-seismic period by tectonic loading around faults is released during earthquakes as radiated energy, heat and fracture energy. The latter is…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2021★ 41 cited

Earthquake Nucleation along Faults with Heterogeneous Weakening Rate

Mathias Lebihain, Thibault Roch, Marie Violay +1

The transition from quasi-static slip growth to dynamic rupture propagation constitutes one possible scenario to describe earthquake nucleation. If this transition is rather well u…

cond-mat.soft2020★ 26 cited

Effective toughness of heterogeneous materials with rate-dependent fracture energy

Gabriele Albertini, Mathias Lebihain, François Hild +2

We investigate dynamic fracture of heterogeneous materials experimentally by measuring displacement fields as a rupture propagates through a periodic array of obstacles of controll…