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Branching Fractures

Branching Fractures is a mechanical failure model in solid mechanics that describes the propagation of cracks through a material by forming secondary splits from a primary fracture path due to localized stress heterogeneities.

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Local Crack Branching as a Mechanism for Instability in Dynamic Fracture

Eran Sharon, Steven P. Gross, Jay Fineberg · Physical Review Letters · 1995 · 324 citations

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Mechanism of injury and morphology of the greater tuberosity fracture

Christian Bahrs, Erich J. Lingenfelter, Franziska Fischer et al. · Journal of Shoulder and Elbow Surgery · 2006 · 119 citations

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Reinitiation or termination of fluid‐driven fractures at frictional bedding interfaces

Xi Zhang, Robert G. Jeffrey · Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres · 2008 · 110 citations · Full text

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Phase field model of fluid‐driven fracture in elastic media: Immersed‐fracture formulation and validation with analytical solutions

David Santillán, Rubén Juanes, Luis Cueto‐Felgueroso · Journal of Geophysical Research Solid Earth · 2017 · 99 citations · Full text

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The fractal effect of irregularity of crack branching on the fracture toughness of brittle materials

International Journal of Fracture · 1989 · 96 citations

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Authors

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  1. RG
    Robert G. Jeffrey

    Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation, Australia

    3 publications · 174 citations

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  2. HP
    H. P. Kirchner

    Solid State Ceramics (United States), United States

    2 publications · 40 citations

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  3. AD
    Arash Dahi Taleghani

    Pennsylvania State University, United States

    2 publications · 48 citations

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  4. PS
    P. S. Theocaris

    National Technical University of Athens, Greece

    2 publications · 25 citations

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  5. JC
    J. C. Conway

    Pennsylvania State University, United States

    2 publications · 40 citations

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Institutions

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  1. China University of Petroleum, Beijing

    Beijing, China

    3 h-index

    15 publications

    293 citations

  2. The University of Texas at Austin

    Austin, United States

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    351 citations

  3. American Ceramic Society

    Westerville, United States

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    40 citations

  4. Schlumberger (Canada)

    Calgary, Canada

    2 h-index

    6 publications

    192 citations

  5. Solid State Ceramics (United States)

    State College, United States

    2 h-index

    4 publications

    80 citations

  6. National Technical University of Athens

    Athens, Greece

    2 h-index

    6 publications

    75 citations

  7. Institut national de recherche en sciences et technologies du numérique

    Le Chesnay-Rocquencourt, France

    1 h-index

    2 publications

    42 citations

  8. IMT School for Advanced Studies Lucca

    Lucca, Italy

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    11 citations

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Venues

  1. Engineering Fracture Mechanics

    7 publications · 284 citations

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  2. International Journal of Fracture

    5 publications · 390 citations

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  3. Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids

    3 publications · 102 citations

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  4. Journal of the American Ceramic Society

    2 publications · 40 citations

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  5. Physical Review Letters

    PRL · 2 publications · 339 citations

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