Explosive fragmentation of Prince Rupert’s drops leads to well-defined fragment sizes

Fragmentation of breaking glass as a brittle solid is a problem of equal practical and theoretical importance. Kooij et al. demonstrate that the fragment size distribution can surprisingly be both, either power-law or exponential, depending on how a particular specimen is broken.

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Main Authors: Stefan Kooij, Gerard van Dalen, Jean-François Molinari, Daniel Bonn
Format: article
Language:EN
Published: Nature Portfolio 2021
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Online Access:https://doaj.org/article/41cf28c7cc0c4c4a88466b99e19006df
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Summary:Fragmentation of breaking glass as a brittle solid is a problem of equal practical and theoretical importance. Kooij et al. demonstrate that the fragment size distribution can surprisingly be both, either power-law or exponential, depending on how a particular specimen is broken.