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Effect of Non-uniform Stiffness on Tensile Avalanche Process of Fibrous Materials
In order to analyze the effect of non-uniform stiffness in natural fibrous materials or artificial fiber-reinforced materials on the tensile...
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Analytical and Empirical Formulation
A unidirectional fiber reinforced polymer (FRP) lamina as illustrated in Fig. 1 consists of fibers along the main direction of the lamina (1-axis),...
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Fiber Bundle Model Under Heterogeneous Loading
The present work deals with the behavior of fiber bundle model under heterogeneous loading condition. The model is explored both in the mean-field...
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Optical Fibers for Space-Division Multiplexing
This chapter describes the design, the transmission characteristics, and the measurements technology of multi-core fibers (MCFs), few-mode fibers...
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Statistics of intermittent granular flow from confined tabletop experiments
It is often said that “granular matter is ubiquitous”. Many natural components and human products look and behave like grains: stones, debris, soils,...
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A Precis of Fishnet Statistics for Tail Probability of Failure of Materials with Alternating Series and Parallel Links
During the last dozen years it has been established that the Weibull statistical theory of structural failure and strength scaling does not apply to...
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Earth’s gradients as the engine of plate tectonics and earthquakes
The processes occurring on the Earth are controlled by several gradients. The surface of the Planet is featured by complex geological patterns...
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A simple discrete-element-model of Brazilian test
We present a statistical model which is able to capture some interesting features exhibited in the Brazilian test of rock samples. The model is...
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A viscoelastic damage model for polycrystalline ice, inspired by Weibull-distributed fiber bundle models. Part I: Constitutive models
We consider a constitutive model for polycrystalline ice, which contains delayed-elastic and viscous deformations, and a damage variable. The damage...
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Damage Mechanisms of Hierarchical Composites: Computational Modelling
Computational studies of damage mechanisms in hierarchical composites, including biocomposites, nanoparticle reinforced polymer composites and other...
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A viscoelastic damage model for polycrystalline ice, inspired by Weibull-distributed fiber bundle models. Part II: Thermodynamics of a rank-4 damage model
We consider a viscoelastic–viscoplastic continuum damage model for polycrystalline ice. The focus lies on the thermodynamics particularities of such...
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Cracks in random brittle solids:
Statistical models are essential to get a better understanding of the role of disorder in brittle disordered solids. Fiber bundle models play a...
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Damage Phenomena
The problem of percolation, studied in the previous chapter, might be called complex. The system was not thermal; and the concept of thermodynamic...
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Mechanisms for acoustic emissions generation during granular shearing
Shear deformation of granular media leads to continual restructuring of particle contact network and mechanical interactions. These changes to the...
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Crossover behaviors in one and two dimensional heterogeneous load sharing fiber bundle models
We study the effect of heterogeneous load sharing in the fiber bundle models of fracture. The system is divided into two groups of fibers (fraction p ...
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Improved Mechanical Performance of CNTs and CNT Fibres in Nanocomposites Through Inter-Wall and Inter-Tube Coupling
The exceptional mechanical properties of carbon nanotubes (CNTs) make them highly attractive as potential reinforcing constituents in next generation...
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Simulation Study on the Avalanche Process of Continuous Damage Fiber Bundle Model with Strong Disorder
An extension of the continuous damage fiber bundle model with local load sharing describing the gradual degradation of strong disorder materials is...
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Discrete element modelling of uniaxial constant strain rate tests on asphalt mixtures
Constant strain rate tests for a graded asphalt mixture under three constant strain rates have been undertaken in the laboratory. The Discrete...
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Scaling of the size and temporal occurrence of burst sequences in creep rupture of fiber bundles
We present a detailed statistical analysis of the size and temporal occurrence of burst sequences in the creep rupture of a proposed linear ...
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