Elisabeth BOUCHAUD RapporteurSergio CILIBERTO InvitéPeter HOLDSWORTH ExaminateurJean-Pierre HULIN RapporteurStéphane ROUX PrésidentLoïc VANEL Directeur de thèseGérard VIGIER ExaminateurThis thesis presents an experimental and theoretical study of slowgrowth mechanisms of a single crack under stress in abidimensional geometry.We have performed traction experiments (creep tests) ofheterogeneous fibrous materials (paper samples) with an initialmacroscopic defect (mode 1). We have observed that the slow crackgrowth is actually progressing by steps. The average dynamics ofthe crack growth from an initial length $L_i$ to a critical length$L_C$, where the fracture is rapid, shows an exponential law forthe crack growth defined by $2$ parameters : t...
Macroscopic failure of a material happens generally through the coalescence of micro-defects rather ...
Crack propagation is the fundamental mechanism responsible for catastrophic breakdown of brittle mat...
Drying or cooling processes induce shrinking phenomenain of the materials. Those strains are induced...
Ce mémoire est consacré à l'étude expérimentale et théorique de la dynamique de croissance lente d'u...
International audienceWe study experimentally the slow growth of a single crack in a fibrous materia...
published in EPJ (European Physical Journal)The properties of slow crack growth in brittle materials...
International audienceSlow crack growth in a model of homogenous brittle elastic material is describ...
Abstract. The properties of slow crack growth in brittle materials are analyzed both theoretically a...
The aim of this thesis is to contribute to the understanding of the physical mechanisms in action du...
International audiencePredicting when rupture occurs or cracks progress is a major challenge in nume...
International audienceWe study experimentally the slow growth of a single crack in a fibrous materia...
This thesis explores the use of damage models to predict the onset and propagation of cracks in a co...
Dynamic crack propagation drives catastrophic material failures. A key aspect in the problem is the ...
Macroscopic failure of a material happens generally through the coalescence of micro-defects rather ...
Crack propagation is the fundamental mechanism responsible for catastrophic breakdown of brittle mat...
Drying or cooling processes induce shrinking phenomenain of the materials. Those strains are induced...
Ce mémoire est consacré à l'étude expérimentale et théorique de la dynamique de croissance lente d'u...
International audienceWe study experimentally the slow growth of a single crack in a fibrous materia...
published in EPJ (European Physical Journal)The properties of slow crack growth in brittle materials...
International audienceSlow crack growth in a model of homogenous brittle elastic material is describ...
Abstract. The properties of slow crack growth in brittle materials are analyzed both theoretically a...
The aim of this thesis is to contribute to the understanding of the physical mechanisms in action du...
International audiencePredicting when rupture occurs or cracks progress is a major challenge in nume...
International audienceWe study experimentally the slow growth of a single crack in a fibrous materia...
This thesis explores the use of damage models to predict the onset and propagation of cracks in a co...
Dynamic crack propagation drives catastrophic material failures. A key aspect in the problem is the ...
Macroscopic failure of a material happens generally through the coalescence of micro-defects rather ...
Crack propagation is the fundamental mechanism responsible for catastrophic breakdown of brittle mat...
Drying or cooling processes induce shrinking phenomenain of the materials. Those strains are induced...