Scaling behavior of a self-affine fractal interface in a cement fracture experiment

Soon-Chul Kim, Zi-Hong Yoon and Tai-Hyung Kwon

Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications, 1997, vol. 246, issue 3, 320-328

Abstract: Scaling behavior of a self-affine fractal interface is examined in fracture lines deduced in cement blocks, approximately 5 cm × 20 cm × 41 cm. Ecah fracture line generated is scanned and digitized to obtain the interface height h(x) as a function of position x. From this, the interface with w(L) is determined as a function of system size L. it is found that the interface with scales with system size L as w(L) ∼ Lα with αm = 0.68 ± 0.02. The result is assessed in comparison with other relevant experimental and theoretical results.

Keywords: Interface structure; Roughness; Scaling; Self-affinity (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 1997
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DOI: 10.1016/S0378-4371(97)00374-9

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