The fracture of brittle materials

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This review discusses systematically the nature of the cleavage crack and the structural features and mechanisms which contribute to the nucleation of cracks and which assist or retard their propagation in a wide variety of materials.

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Rock Mechanics and Modeling High-Velocity Impact and Material Behavior Fatigue and fracture mechanics

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Published in: British Journal of Applied Physics

Volume 18, Issue 2, pp. 129-162

DOI: 10.1088/0508-3443/18/2/301

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The fracture of brittle materials

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