Fig. 7: An example of the time evolution of the average crack front velocity.
From: Quenched disorder and instability control dynamic fracture in three dimensions
The average crack front velocity v(t)/cs, as defined in the text, plotted against cst/ξ for G/Γ0 = 2.25 (with our generic quenched disorder parameters σ = 0.25 and R = 10ξ). It is observed that after an initial acceleration phase, the crack settles into a statistical steady state (defining the mean velocity v per G, accompanied by temporal fluctuations), where our analysis is performed. Source data are provided as a Source Data file.
