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Statistical Physics of Fracture and Breakdown in Disordered Systems

Statistical Physics of Fracture and Breakdown in Disordered Systems

Chakrabarti, B. K.
Benguigui, L. Gilles

Hardcover

Series: Monographs on the Physics and Chemistry of Materials, Book 55

Technology & EngineeringPhysicsProbability & Statistics

ISBN10: 0198520565
ISBN13: 9780198520566
Publisher: Clarendon Press
Published: Dec 4 1997
Pages: 176
Weight: 0.94
Height: 0.44 Width: 6.14 Depth: 9.21
Language: English
Under extreme conditions the mechanical or electrical properties of solids tend to destabilize, leading to failure or breakdown. These instabilities often nucleate or spread from disorders in the structure of the solid. This book by two experts in the field investigates current techniques for modeling these failure and breakdown processes. It illustrates the basic modeling principles through a series of computer and laboratory simulations and table top' experiments. The book centers on three important case studies: electrical failures like fuse and dielectric breakdown; mechanical fractures; and earthquakes, which exhibit dynamic failure.

The material will interest all graduate students and researchers studying disordered systems, whether their focus is the mechanical failure of solids, the electrical breakdown of conductors, or earthquake mechanics.

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