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A phenomenological model for failure waves in glass

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A phenomenological continuum-mechanical model for phase transitions in solids is applied to the description of failure waves in glass. Several predictions of the model are in qualitative agreement with experimental observations.

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  1. Department of Mechanical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA (e-mail: rohan@mit.edu), , , , , , US

    Rohan Abeyaratne

  2. Division of Engineering and Applied Science, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA 91125, USA (e-mail: knowles@caltech.edu), , , , , , US

    James K. Knowles

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Received 28 January 2000 / Accepted 5 April 2000

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Abeyaratne, R., Knowles, J. A phenomenological model for failure waves in glass. Shock Waves 10, 301–305 (2000). https://doi.org/10.1007/s001930000056

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