Skip to main content

Thank you for visiting nature.com. You are using a browser version with limited support for CSS. To obtain the best experience, we recommend you use a more up to date browser (or turn off compatibility mode in Internet Explorer). In the meantime, to ensure continued support, we are displaying the site without styles and JavaScript.

  • News & Views
  • Published:

Fractal dimension and fracture

Nature volume 338, pages 201–202 (1989)Cite this article

This is a preview of subscription content, access via your institution

Relevant articles

Open Access articles citing this article.

Access options

Buy this article

  • Purchase on Springer Link
  • Instant access to full article PDF
Buy now

Prices may be subject to local taxes which are calculated during checkout

References

  1. Mecholsky, J.J. & Mackin, T.J. J. Mater. Sci. Lett. 7, 1145–1147 (1988).

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  2. Mecholsky, J.J., Passoja, D.E. & Feinberg-Ringel, K.S. J. Am. Ceram. Soc. 72, 60–75 (1989).

    Article  CAS  Google Scholar 

  3. Mandelbrot, B.B. The Fractal Geometry of Nature (Freeman, New York, 1982).

    MATH  Google Scholar 

  4. Gleick, J. Chaos: Making a New Science 94–118 (Heinemann, London, 1988).

    MATH  Google Scholar 

  5. Russ, J.C. in Encyclopedia of Materials Science and Engineering Suppl. Vol. 1 (ed. Cahn, R.W.) 169–175 (Pergamon, Oxford, 1988).

    Google Scholar 

  6. Underwood, E.E. & Banerji, K. Mater. Sci. Engng. 80, 1–14 (1986).

    Article  Google Scholar 

  7. Mecholsky, J.J. & Passoja, D.E. in Fractal Aspects of Materials 117–119 (Mater. Res. Soc., Pittsburgh, 1986).

    Google Scholar 

  8. Mandelbrot, B.B., Passoja, D.E. & Paullay, A.J. Nature 308, 721–722 (1984).

    Article  ADS  CAS  Google Scholar 

  9. Beauchamp, E.K. & Purdy, B.A. J. Mater. Sci. 21, 1963–1966 (1986).

    Article  ADS  CAS  Google Scholar 

Download references

Author information

Authors and Affiliations

  1. Department of Materials Science and Metallurgy, University of Cambridge, Pembroke Street, Cambridge, CB2 3QZ, UK

    Robert W. Cahn

Authors
  1. Robert W. Cahn
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

Rights and permissions

Reprints and permissions

About this article

Cite this article

Cahn, R. Fractal dimension and fracture. Nature 338, 201–202 (1989). https://doi.org/10.1038/338201a0

Download citation

  • Issue Date:

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/338201a0

This article is cited by

Search

Advanced search

Quick links

Nature Briefing

Sign up for the Nature Briefing newsletter — what matters in science, free to your inbox daily.

Get the most important science stories of the day, free in your inbox. Sign up for Nature Briefing