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Dynamic Fracture of Nominally Brittle Materials

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Current understanding of dynamic fracture mechanisms and the methods of modeling are reviewed critically. Experimental methods used in dynamic fracture investigations and key experimental observations are reviewed. This is followed by a critical review of the dynamic fracture models. Mechanistic and phenomenological models as well as discrete and continuum models and their ability to reproduce experimental results are discussed.

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Ravi-Chandar, K. Dynamic Fracture of Nominally Brittle Materials. International Journal of Fracture 90, 83–102 (1998). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1007432017290

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