Mind the helical crack

Markus J. Buehler and Zhiping Xu
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Markus J. Buehler: Markus J. Buehler and Zhiping Xu are at the Laboratory for Atomistic and Molecular Mechanics, and the Center for Materials Science and Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA. mbuehler@mit.edu
Zhiping Xu: Markus J. Buehler and Zhiping Xu are at the Laboratory for Atomistic and Molecular Mechanics, and the Center for Materials Science and Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA. mbuehler@mit.edu

Nature, 2010, vol. 464, issue 7285, 42-43

Abstract: Catastrophic breakage of brittle materials such as ceramics is usually triggered by the rapid spreading of cracks. Computer simulations have now cracked the three-dimensional details of this process.

Date: 2010
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