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Oscillatory Instability in Two-Dimensional Dynamic Fracture

Eran Bouchbinder, Itamar Procaccia

cond-mat.mtrl-sciarXiv:cond-mat/0609224

Abstract

The stability of a rapid dynamic crack in a two dimensional infinite strip is studied in the framework of Linear Elasticity Fracture Mechanics supplemented with a modified principle of local symmetry. It is predicted that a single crack becomes unstable by a finite wavelength oscillatory mode at a velocity vc, 0.8cR<vc<0.85cR, where cR is the Rayleigh wave speed. The relevance of this theoretical calculation to the oscillatory instability reported in the companion experimental Letter is discussed.

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