Analysis of damage clusters in fracture processes

Stefano Zapperi, Purusattam Ray, H.Eugene Stanley and Alessandro Vespignani

Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications, 1999, vol. 270, issue 1, 57-62

Abstract: We present numerical simulations of two-dimensional models of electric breakdown and fracture in disordered systems subject to an increasing external stress. We provide a geometrical characterization of the damage by studying the scaling behavior of connected bonds clusters. The average cluster size and the lattice conductivity show features characteristic of a first order phase transition. The obtained results are discussed within the spinodal nucleation scenario recently proposed for fractures.

Keywords: Fracture and cracks; Phase transitions; Avalanches (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 1999
References: View complete reference list from CitEc
Citations: View citations in EconPapers (2)

Downloads: (external link)
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0378437199001259
Full text for ScienceDirect subscribers only. Journal offers the option of making the article available online on Science direct for a fee of $3,000

Related works:
This item may be available elsewhere in EconPapers: Search for items with the same title.

Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text

Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:eee:phsmap:v:270:y:1999:i:1:p:57-62

DOI: 10.1016/S0378-4371(99)00125-9

Access Statistics for this article

Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications is currently edited by K. A. Dawson, J. O. Indekeu, H.E. Stanley and C. Tsallis

More articles in Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications from Elsevier
Bibliographic data for series maintained by Catherine Liu ().