369 research outputs found
Dynamic Fracture in Single Crystal Silicon
We have measured the velocity of a running crack in brittle single crystal
silicon as a function of energy flow to the crack tip. The experiments are
designed to permit direct comparison with molecular dynamics simulations;
therefore the experiments provide an indirect but sensitive test of interatomic
potentials. Performing molecular dynamics simulations of brittle crack motion
at the atomic scale we find that experiments and simulations disagree showing
that interatomic potentials are not yet well understood.Comment: 4 pages, 4 figures, 19 reference
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Arrested Cracks in Nonlinear Lattice Models of Brittle Fracture
We generalize lattice models of brittle fracture to arbitrary nonlinear force
laws and study the existence of arrested semi-infinite cracks. Unlike what is
seen in the discontinuous case studied to date, the range in driving
displacement for which these arrested cracks exist is very small. Also, our
results indicate that small changes in the vicinity of the crack tip can have
an extremely large effect on arrested cracks. Finally, we briefly discuss the
possible relevance of our findings to recent experiments.Comment: submitted to PRE, Rapid Communication
Nonlinear lattice model of viscoelastic Mode III fracture
We study the effect of general nonlinear force laws in viscoelastic lattice
models of fracture, focusing on the existence and stability of steady-state
Mode III cracks. We show that the hysteretic behavior at small driving is very
sensitive to the smoothness of the force law. At large driving, we find a Hopf
bifurcation to a straight crack whose velocity is periodic in time. The
frequency of the unstable bifurcating mode depends on the smoothness of the
potential, but is very close to an exact period-doubling instability. Slightly
above the onset of the instability, the system settles into a exactly
period-doubled state, presumably connected to the aforementioned bifurcation
structure. We explicitly solve for this new state and map out its
velocity-driving relation
Frankly, we do give a damn: the relationship between profanity and honesty
There are two conflicting perspectives regarding the relationship between profanity and dishonesty. These two forms of norm-violating behavior share common causes and are often considered to be positively related. On the other hand, however, profanity is often used to express one’s genuine feelings and could therefore be negatively related to dishonesty. In three studies, we explored the relationship between profanity and honesty. We examined profanity and honesty first with profanity behavior and lying on a scale in the lab (Study 1; = 276), then with a linguistic analysis of real-life social interactions on Facebook (Study 2; = 73,789), and finally with profanity and integrity indexes for the aggregate level of U.S. states (Study 3; = 50 states). We found a consistent positive relationship between profanity and honesty; profanity was associated with less lying and deception at the individual level and with higher integrity at the society level
Highly Luminescent Transparent Cs2AgxNa1−xBiyIn1−yCl6 Perovskite Films Produced by Single-Source Vacuum Deposition
Thermal deposition of halide perovskites as a universal and scalable route to transparent thin films becomes highly challenging in the case of lead-free double perovskites, requiring the evaporation dynamics of multiple metal halide sources to be balanced or a single-phase precursor preliminary synthesized to achieve a reliable control over the composition and the phase of the final films. In the present Letter, the feasibility of the single-source vacuum deposition of microcrystalline Cs2AgxNa1-xBiyIn1-yCl6 double perovskites into corresponding transparent nanocrystalline films while preserving the bulk spectral and structural properties is shown. The perovskite films produced from the most emissive powders with x = 0.40 and y = 0.01 revealed a photoluminescence quantum yield of 85%, highlighting thermal evaporation as a promising approach to functional perovskite-based optical materials
Solid Oxide Electrolysis Cells: Microstructure and Degradation of the Ni/Yttria-Stabilized Zirconia Electrode
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