Explosive fragmentation of Prince Rupert’s drops leads to well-defined fragment sizes

Fragmentation of breaking glass as a brittle solid is a problem of equal practical and theoretical importance. Kooij et al. demonstrate that the fragment size distribution can surprisingly be both, either power-law or exponential, depending on how a particular specimen is broken.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Stefan Kooij, Gerard van Dalen, Jean-François Molinari, Daniel Bonn
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2021-05-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-22595-1