Bursting apart

Leo P. Kadanoff ()
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Leo P. Kadanoff: The James Franck Institute, University of Chicago

Nature, 2003, vol. 421, issue 6919, 124-125

Abstract: When a low-viscosity fluid is injected into an elastic material, it forces its way through by making slender cracks, in a random, fractal pattern. The spreading of the cracks can be modelled through a series of 'bursts'.

Date: 2003
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DOI: 10.1038/421124a

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