Size-dependent fracture in elastomers: Experiments and continuum modeling
Highly stretchable elastomeric materials often exhibit size-dependent, nonlocal features in damage and fracture processes. This study investigates the nonlocal fracture behavior in a broad variety of elastomers which display moderate to extreme stretchability by means of experiments and numerical simulations. The authors highlight that the experimentally observed size-dependent fracture is accurately described by a nonlocal continuum model that makes use of an intrinsic length scale associated with a finite fracture process zone in diverse synthetic elastomers.
Authors
- Shawn A. Chester (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1146-1745)
- Seounghee Yun (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0006-9547-6256)
- Howon Lee (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5778-2398)
- Sanha Kim (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3548-6173)
- Hansohl Cho (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7914-5402)
- Jaehee Lee (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4184-060X)
- Jeongun Lee (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0003-9472-2986)
Institutions
- New Jersey Institute of Technology (US)
- Seoul National University (KR)
- Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KR)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Physical Review Materials
- Published
- 2024-11-05
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevmaterials.8.115602
- Citations
- 5
- Primary Topic
- Elasticity and Material Modeling
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.92
Funders
- National Science Foundation
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- National Research Foundation of Korea