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Strength distribution of repeatedly broken chains

Statistical Mechanics 2009-11-11 v1 Disordered Systems and Neural Networks

Abstract

We determine the probability distribution of the breaking strength for chains of N links, which have been produced by repeatedly breaking a very long chain.

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@article{arxiv.cond-mat/0608574,
  title  = {Strength distribution of repeatedly broken chains},
  author = {Michael Wilkinson and Bernhard Mehlig},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:cond-mat/0608574},
  year   = {2009}
}

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4 pages, 1 figure

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