Breakdown of Continuum Fracture Mechanics at the Nanoscale
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Breakdown of Continuum Fracture Mechanics at the Nanoscale
Materials fail by the nucleation and propagation of a crack, the critical condition of which is quantitatively described by fracture mechanics that uses an intensity of singular stress field characteristically formed near the crack-tip. However, the continuum assumption basing fracture mechanics obscures the prediction of failure of materials at the nanoscale due to discreteness of atoms. Here,...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Scientific Reports
سال: 2015
ISSN: 2045-2322
DOI: 10.1038/srep08596