Material failure time and the fiber bundle model with thermal noise
Condensed Matter
2007-05-23 v1
Abstract
The statistical properties of failure are studied in a fiber bundle model with thermal noise. We find that in agreement with recent experiments the macroscopic failure is produced by a thermal activation of microcracks. Most importantly the effective temperature of the system is amplified by the spatial disorder (heterogeneity) of the fiber bundle.
Cite
@article{arxiv.cond-mat/9908329,
title = {Material failure time and the fiber bundle model with thermal noise},
author = {A. Guarino and R. Scorretti and S. Ciliberto},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:cond-mat/9908329},
year = {2007}
}
Comments
11 pages, 3 figures, submitted to Phys. Rev. Lett