Abstract
Dynamic fracture experiments measure crack velocity versus energy flux to the tip. We report here the first calculation of this quantity in a realistic setting, using molecular dynamics to study silicon. The results require relating the short length and time scales of simulations to the long length and time scales of experiments.
- Received 2 September 1997
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.80.746
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