The Morphology of Fracture Surfaces: A Tool for Understanding Crack Propagation in Complex Materials

Elisabeth Bouchaud ()
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Elisabeth Bouchaud: Direction des Sciences de la Matière; Département de Recherche sur l'Etat Condensé, les Atomes et les Molécules; Service de Physique et de Chimie des Interfaces, Centre d'Étud es de Saclay, 91191 Gif-sur-Yvette Cedex, France

Surface Review and Letters (SRL), 2003, vol. 10, issue 05, 797-814

Abstract: We review experiments concerning the quantitative morphology of the fracture surfaces of various materials, at different length scales, using different techniques. These experiments could separate "universal" morphological parameters from material-dependent ones. We show how these results have been at the basis of theoretical developments on crack propagation and damage in heterogeneous materials.

Keywords: Fracture; toughness; surface roughness (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2003
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DOI: 10.1142/S0218625X03005530

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