TY - RPRT TI - Fractal description of fractures AB - Recent studies on the fractal description of fractures are reviewed. Some problems on this subject are discussed. It seems hopeful to use the fractal dimension as a parameter for quantitative fractography and to apply fractal structures to the development of high toughness materials. (author). 28 refs, 7 figs. AU - "Lung, C W" KW - "75 CONDENSED MATTER PHYSICS, SUPERCONDUCTIVITY AND SUPERFLUIDITY" KW - "FRACTURES" KW - "FRACTALS" KW - "CRACK PROPAGATION" KW - "FRACTURE PROPERTIES" KW - "665000" KW - "PHYSICS OF CONDENSED MATTER" DO - https://doi.org/ UR - PB - CY - IAEA PY - 1991 DA - 1991-06-01 LA - English J2 - [] VL - C1 - International Centre for Theoretical Physics (ICTP), Trieste (Italy) C2 - C3 - IC-91/148 C4 - C5 - OSTI; NTIS (US Sales Only); INIS L3 - Other Information: PBD: Jun 1991 ER -