Path (un)predictability of two interacting cracks in polycarbonate sheets using Digital Image Correlation

Crack propagation is tracked here with Digital Image Correlation analysis in the test case of two cracks propagating in opposite directions in polycarbonate, a material with high ductility and a large Fracture Process Zone (FPZ). Depending on the initial distances between the two crack tips, one may...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Koivisto, J., Alava, M. J., Santucci, S., Dalbe, Marie Julie Elise
Other Authors: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Format: Article
Language:en_US
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2017
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/106352
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4300-8152