An atomistic-to-continuum analysis of crystal cleavage in a two-dimensional model problem

DOI10.1007/S00332-013-9187-0zbMATH Open1302.74144arXiv1108.3696OpenAlexW2963779339MaRDI QIDQ404313FDOQ404313

Authors: Manuel Friedrich, Bernd Schmidt 

Publication date: 4 September 2014

Published in: Journal of Nonlinear Science (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: A two-dimensional atomic mass spring system is investigated for critical fracture loads and its crack path geometry. We rigorously prove that, in the discrete-to-continuum limit, the minimal energy of a crystal under uniaxial tension leads to a universal cleavage law and energy minimizers are either homogeneous elastic deformations or configurations that are completely cracked and do not store elastic energy. Beyond critical loading, the specimen generically cleaves along a unique optimal crystallographic hyperplane. For specific symmetric crystal orientations, however, cleavage might fail. In this case a complete characterization of possible limiting crack geometries is obtained.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1108.3696

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zbMATH Keywords

atomistic modelsbrittle materialsdiscrete-to-continuum limitsfree discontinuity problemsvariational fracture

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Methods involving semicontinuity and convergence; relaxation (49J45) Brittle fracture (74R10) Inverse problems in equilibrium solid mechanics (74G75)

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