Statistical physics of fracture, breakdown, and earthquake : effects of disorder and heterogeneity /: effects of disorder and heterogeneity. (2015)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Soumyajyoti Biswas, Purusattam Ray, and Bikas K. Chakrabarti.
• Authors: Biswas, Soumyajyoti; Ray, Purusattam; Chakrabarti, B. K (Bikas K.), 1952-
• Contents: Mechanical and Fracture Properties of Solids -- Crystal Defects and Disorder in Lattice Models -- Nucleation and Extreme Statistics in Brittle Fracture -- Roughness of Fracture Surfaces -- Avalanche Dynamics in Fracture -- Subcritical Failure of Heterogeneous Materials -- Dynamics of Fracture Front -- Dislocation Dynamics and Ductile Fracture -- Electrical Breakdown Analogy of Fracture -- Earthquake as Failure Dynamics -- Overview and Outlook -- A Percolation -- B Real-space RG for Rigidity Percolation -- C Fiber Bundle Model -- D Quantum Breakdown -- E Fractals -- F Two-fractal Overlap Model -- G Microscopic Theories of Friction.
• Publisher Details: Weinheim, Germany : Wiley-VCH
• Publication Date: 2015
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 620.1/126; Fracture mechanics; Structural failures; TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- Engineering (General); TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- Reference; Fracture mechanics; Structural failures; Electronic books; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9783527672646; 3527672648; 9783527672677; 3527672672; 3527412190; 9783527412198; 9783527672653; 3527672656
• Related ISBNs: 9783527412198
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Online resource; title from PDF title page (John Wiley, viewed May 11, 2015).
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