PREFERRED TERM
Fracture
DEFINITION
- Brittle deformation due to a momentary loss of cohesion or loss of resistance to differential stress and a release of stored elastic energy in form of surface energy (Neuendorf et al., 2005).
BROADER CONCEPT
CONTRIBUTOR
- ebnmar
CREATOR
- ebnmar
IN OTHER LANGUAGES
Bruch
German
Bruchfläche
URI
http://resource.geolba.ac.at/structure/24