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Ilya Svetlizky

Ilya Svetlizky

Physics Department @ Technion

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Publications

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  • Work hardening in colloidal crystals
    S. Kim*, I. Svetlizky*,D. A. Weitz, and F. Spaepen (* – equally contributed)
    Nature (2024)
  • Propagation of Extended Fractures by Local Nucleation and Rapid Transverse Expansion of Crack-Front Distortion
    T. Cochard, I. Svetlizky, G. Albertini, R. C. Viesca, S. M. Rubinstein, F. Spaepen, C. Yuan, M. Denolle, Y-Q. Song, L. Xiao, D. A. Weitz
    Nat. Phys. 20, 660–665 (2024)
  • Dislocation interactions during plastic relaxation of epitaxial colloidal crystals
    I. Svetlizky*, S. Kim*, D. A. Weitz, and F. Spaepen (* – equally contributed)
    Nat. Commun. 14, 5760 (2023).
  • Spatial crossover between far-from-equilibrium and near-equilibrium dynamics in locally driven suspensions
    I. Svetlizky, Y. Roichman
    Phys. Rev. Lett. 127, 038003 (2021).
  • Dynamic fields at the tip of sub-Rayleigh and supershear frictional rupture fronts
    I. Svetlizky*, G. Albertini*, G. Cohen, D. S. Kammer, J. Fineberg (* – equally contributed)
    Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids 137, 103826 (2020).
  • Laboratory earthquakes in large-scale rock experiments reveal singular crack-like rupture dynamics (Commentary)
    I. Svetlizky 
    J. Geophys. Res.: Solid Earth. 124, 4639–4641 (2019).
  • Brittle fracture theory describes the onset of frictional motion (Invited Review)
    I. Svetlizky, E. Bayart, J. Fineberg
    Annu. Rev. Condens. Matter Phys. 10, 253-273 (2019).
  • The equation of motion for supershear frictional rupture fronts
    D. S.   Kammer*, I. Svetlizky*, G. Cohen, J. Fineberg   (* – equally contributed)
    Sci. Adv. 4, eaat5622 (2018).
  • Rupture dynamics of heterogeneous frictional interfaces
    E. Bayart, I. Svetlizky, J. Fineberg
    J. Geophys. Res.: Solid Earth. 123, 3828-3848 (2018)
  • Frictional resistance within the wake of frictional rupture fronts
    I. Svetlizky, E. Bayart, G. Cohen, J. Fineberg
    Phys. Rev. Lett. 118, 234301 (2017).
  • Brittle fracture theory predicts the equation of motion of frictional rupture fronts
    I. Svetlizky, D. S. Kammer, E. Bayart, G. Cohen, J. Fineberg
    Phys. Rev. Lett. 118, 125501 (2017).
  • Frictional sliding without geometrical reflection symmetry
    M. Aldam, Y. Bar-Sinai, I. Svetlizky, E. A. Brener, J. Fineberg, E. Bouchbinder
    Phys. Rev. X 6, 041023 (2016).  
  • Slippery but tough: The rapid fracture of lubricated frictional interfaces
    E. Bayart, I. Svetlizky, J. Fineberg
    Phys. Rev. Lett. 116, 194301 (2016).
  • Properties of the shear stress peak radiated ahead of rapidly accelerating rupture fronts that mediate frictional slip
    I. Svetlizky, D. P. Muñoz, M. Radiguet, D.S. Kammer, J-F. Molinari, J. Fineberg
    Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 113 (3), 542-547 (2016).  
  • Fracture mechanics determine the lengths of interface ruptures that mediate frictional motion
    E. Bayart, I. Svetlizky, J. Fineberg
    Nat. Phys. 12, 166–170 (2016).
  • Rupture speed dependence on initial stress profiles: Insights from glacier and laboratory stick-slip
    J. I. Walter, I. Svetlizky, J. Fineberg, E. E. Brodsky, S. Tulaczyk, C. G. Barcheck, S. P. Carter
    Earth Planet. Sci. Lett. 411, 112–120 (2015).
  • Classical shear cracks drive the onset of dry frictional motion
    I. Svetlizky, J. Fineberg
    Nature 509, 205–208 (2014).  
  • The near-tip fields of fast cracks
    Livne, E. Bouchbinder, I. Svetlizky, J. Fineberg
    Science 327, 1359 (2010). 

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