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PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS
Volume 89, Issue 8, Pages -Publisher
AMERICAN PHYSICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.89.085503
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Brittle fracture in silicon is simulated with molecular dynamics utilizing a modified embedded atom method potential. The simulations produce propagating crack speeds that are in agreement with previous experimental results over a large range of fracture energy. The dynamic fracture toughness is found to be equal to the energy consumed by creating surfaces and lattice defects in agreement with theoretical predictions. The dynamic fracture toughness is approximately 1/3 of the static strain energy release rate, which results in a limiting crack speed of 2/3 of the Rayleigh wave speed.
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