Time dependence of breakdown in a global fiber-bundle model with continuous damage
Statistical Mechanics
2009-11-07 v1 Materials Science
Abstract
A time-dependent global fiber-bundle model of fracture with continuous damage is formulated in terms of a set of coupled non-linear differential equations. A first integral of this set is analytically obtained. The time evolution of the system is studied by applying a discrete probabilistic method. Several results are discussed emphasizing their differences with the standard time-dependent model. The results obtained show that with this simple model a variety of experimental observations can be qualitatively reproduced.
Cite
@article{arxiv.cond-mat/0103347,
title = {Time dependence of breakdown in a global fiber-bundle model with continuous damage},
author = {L. Moral and Y. Moreno and J. B. Gomez and A. F. Pacheco},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:cond-mat/0103347},
year = {2009}
}
Comments
APS style, two columns, 4 figures. To appear in Phys. Rev. E