Fig. 9: Model B to study facet-facet fracture interactions. | Communications Physics

Fig. 9: Model B to study facet-facet fracture interactions.

From: Principle of local symmetry in mixed-mode fracture

Fig. 9

The model geometry and boundary conditions are the same as for model A (Fig. 8a), but with three facets at a distance 2RΛ. The normalized length, s, of the fracture tip/front, where 0 ≤ s ≤ 1 covers the middle crack’s facets.

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