TY - JOUR AU - Davydova, M. AU - Uvarov, S. PY - 2013/03/20 Y2 - 2024/03/29 TI - Fractal statistics of brittle fragmentation JF - Frattura ed Integrità Strutturale JA - Fra&IntStrut VL - 7 IS - 24 SE - Miscellanea DO - 10.3221/IGF-ESIS.24.05 UR - https://www.fracturae.com/index.php/fis/article/view/188 SP - Pages 60-68 AB - <div>The study of fragmentation statistics of brittle materials that includes four types of experiments is presented. Data processing of the fragmentation of glass plates under quasi-static loading and the fragmentation of quartz cylindrical rods under dynamic loading shows that the size distribution of fragments (spatial quantity)</div><div>is fractal and can be described by a power law. The original experimental technique allows us to measure, apart</div><div>from the spatial quantity, the temporal quantity - the size of time interval between the impulses of the light</div><div>reflected from the newly created surfaces. The analysis of distributions of spatial (fragment size) and temporal</div><div>(time interval) quantities provides evidence of obeying scaling laws, which suggests the possibility of selforganized criticality in fragmentation.&nbsp;</div> ER -