Statistical Physics of Fracture and Breakdown in Disordered Systems
Bikas K Chakrabarti author L Gilles Benguigui author
Format:Hardback
Publisher:Oxford University Press
Published:28th Aug '97
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Under extreme conditions the mechanical or electrical properties of solids tend to be destabilized and failure or breakdown occurs. In practice these instabilities in the solid often nucleate or spread from disorders in the structure of the solid. This book investigates the modelling of such failure and breakdown processes. The basic principles are illuminated with a large number of computer simulations and laboratory simulations or `table top' experiments. Three particular case studies of failure are presented: electrical failures like fuse and dielectric breakdown; mechanical fracture; and earthquakes as an example of dynamic failure.
ISBN: 9780198520566
Dimensions: 242mm x 160mm x 14mm
Weight: 389g
176 pages