Scratching as a fracture process: from butter to steel

Scratching as a fracture process: from butter to steel

We present results of a hybrid experimental and theoretical investigation of the fracture scaling in scratch tests and show that scratching is a fracture dominated process. Validated for paraffin wax, cement paste, Jurassic limestone and steel, we derive a model that provides a quantitative means to...

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Main Authors: Akono, Ange-Therese (Contributor), Reis, Pedro Miguel (Contributor), Ulm, Franz-Josef (Contributor)
Other Authors: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering (Contributor), Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Mechanical Engineering (Contributor)
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: American Physical Society, 2011-08-25T20:01:24Z.
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