dorsal/arxiv
View SchemaPattern selection of cracks in directionally drying fracture
| Authors | Teruhisa S. Komatsu, Shin-ichi Sasa |
|---|---|
| Categories | |
| ArXiv ID | patt-sol/9510002 |
| URL | https://arxiv.org/abs/patt-sol/9510002 |
Abstract
We study pattern selection of cracks in directionally drying fractures by analyzing the experimental systems recently devised by C. Allain and L. Limat. [Phys. Rev. Lett. {\bf 74}, 2981 (1995).] Proposing a simple picture of crack formation, we clarify the mechanism of how cracks array regularly and find that the interval between neighboring cracks is proportional to the $2/3$ power of the cell thickness. This result explains well the experimental data of Allain and Limat.
{
"annotation_id": "642d0ab7-a452-454f-b7d4-49753559f649",
"date_created": "2026-03-02T18:00:29.427000Z",
"date_modified": "2026-03-02T18:00:29.427000Z",
"file_hash": "d6402af10111afa55221cdc1cdca6c1a9b90dfa9bebd009cec0adf5132f581c9",
"private": false,
"record": {
"abstract": "We study pattern selection of cracks in directionally drying fractures by\nanalyzing the experimental systems recently devised by C. Allain and L. Limat.\n[Phys. Rev. Lett. {\\bf 74}, 2981 (1995).] Proposing a simple picture of crack\nformation, we clarify the mechanism of how cracks array regularly and find that\nthe interval between neighboring cracks is proportional to the $2/3$ power of\nthe cell thickness. This result explains well the experimental data of Allain\nand Limat.",
"arxiv_id": "patt-sol/9510002",
"authors": [
"Teruhisa S. Komatsu",
"Shin-ichi Sasa"
],
"categories": [
"patt-sol",
"nlin.PS"
],
"title": "Pattern selection of cracks in directionally drying fracture",
"url": "https://arxiv.org/abs/patt-sol/9510002"
},
"schema_id": "dorsal/arxiv",
"source": {
"execution_id": "937ce0f4-5f9c-423e-9595-9b677af277c7",
"id": "arXiv Dataset IDs",
"type": "Model",
"variant": "snapshot-2026-03-01",
"version": "0.1.0"
},
"user_id": 1000002
}