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Fractures in complex fluids: the case of transient networks

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We present a comprehensive review of the current state of fracture phenomena in transient networks, a wide class of viscoelastic fluids. We will first define what is a fracture in a complex fluid and recall the main structural and rheological properties of transient networks. Secondly, we review experimental reports on fractures of transient networks in several configurations: shear-induced fractures, fractures in Hele–Shaw cells, and fracture in extensional geometries (filament-stretching rheometry and pendant drop experiments), including fracture propagation. The tentative extension of the concepts of brittleness and ductility to the fracture mechanisms in transient networks is also discussed. Finally, the different and apparently contradictory theoretical approaches developed to interpret fracture nucleation will be addressed and confronted to experimental results. Rationalized criteria to discriminate the relevance of these different models will be proposed.

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Ligoure, C., Mora, S. Fractures in complex fluids: the case of transient networks. Rheol Acta 52, 91–114 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00397-012-0668-0

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