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Fracture toughness in fibrous materials

Statistical Mechanics 2016-08-31 v1

Abstract

In the present paper, a fiber bundle model in (1+1)-dimensions that simulates the rupture process of a fibrous material pulled by an uniaxial force F is analyzed. In this model the load of a broken fiber is shifted in equal portions onto the nearest unbroken fibers. The force-displacement diagram is obtained for several traction velocities v and temperatures t. Also, it is shown how the fracture toughness KcK_c changes with the traction velocity v and with the temperature t. In this paper it is shown that the rupture process is strongly dependent on temperature t and on velocity v.

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@article{arxiv.cond-mat/0201393,
  title  = {Fracture toughness in fibrous materials},
  author = {I. L. Menezes-Sobrinho},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:cond-mat/0201393},
  year   = {2016}
}

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4 pages, 4 figures.eps, Revtex