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Drying induced shrinkage in materials may yield the formation of surface crack patterns. We report on various experimental observations of the geometry of the crack array and the kinetics of crack formation on a model system consisting of a layer of a paste made of clay, sand, and water deposited on a rigid substrate. We investigate in detail the influence of the layer geometry (size and thickness).
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Received 19 April 1999
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Colina, H., Roux, S. Experimental model of cracking induced by drying shrinkage. Eur. Phys. J. E 1, 189–194 (2000). https://doi.org/10.1007/s101890050021
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s101890050021