%0 Journal Article
%@ 0378-4371
%A Parisi, Andrea
%A Caldarelli, Guido
%D 2000
%F eprints:1161
%I Elsevier
%J Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications
%K PACS: 62.20.Mk; 05.40.+j; 81.40.Np
%N 1-2
%P 161-165
%T Self-affine properties of fractures in brittle materials
%U http://eprints.imtlucca.it/1161/
%V 280
%X We present the result of numerical simulations for a fracturing process in a three-dimensional solid subjected to a mode-I load in a quasi-static regime. The solid is described using the Born model on an FCC lattice with a starting notch. We obtain a value of the roughness exponent ζ≃0.5 in agreement with the value measured in microfracturing experiments. Our result supports the idea that at small length scales the fracturing process can be considered as quasi-static, which is the basic of the possible application of the model of line depinning to the case of fractures.