Introduction to Critical Phenomena through the Fiber Bundle Model of Fracture
Statistical Mechanics
2018-12-26 v1
Abstract
We discuss the failure dynamics of the Fiber Bundle Model, especially in the equal-load-sharing scheme. We also highlight the "Critical" aspects of their dynamics in comparison with those in standard thermodynamic systems undergoing phase transitions.
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@article{arxiv.1810.02145,
title = {Introduction to Critical Phenomena through the Fiber Bundle Model of Fracture},
author = {Srutarshi Pradhan and Bikas K. Chakrabarti},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1810.02145},
year = {2018}
}
Comments
Accepted for publication in European Journal of Physics (Special issue on "Complexity")