Statistical physics of fracture and breakdown in disordered systems
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Statistical physics of fracture and breakdown in disordered systems
（Monographs on the physics and chemistry of materials, 55）
Oxford University Press, 1997
Available at 18 libraries
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Includes bibliographical references and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
Under extreme conditions the mechanical or electrical properties of solids tend to be destabilized and failure or breakdown occurs. In practice these instabilities in the solid often nucleate or spread from disorders in the structure of the solid. This book investigates the modelling of such failure and breakdown processes. The basic principles are illuminated with a large number of computer simulations and laboratory simulations or `table top' experiments. Three
particular case studies of failure are presented: electrical failures like fuse and dielectric breakdown; mechanical fracture; and earthquakes as an example of dynamic failure.
Table of Contents
- 1. Introduction
- 2. Electrical breakdown in disordered solids
- 3. Fracture strength of disordered solids
- 4. Earthquakes in model systems
- References
- Index
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