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. Series: Monographs on the Physics & Chemistry of Materials. Num Pages: 176 pages, line figures. BIC Classification: PDE; PHFC; TBJ; TGM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 242 x 160 x 14. Weight in Grams: 389. . 1997. Hardback. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.

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Title: Statistical Physics of Fracture and Breakdown in Disordered Systems
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Publication Date: 1997
Language: English
ISBN 10: 0198520565
ISBN 13: 9780198520566
Binding: Hardcover
Condition: New

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Under extreme conditions the mechanical or electrical properties of solids tend to destabilize, leading to failure or breakdown. These instabilities often nucleate or spread from disorders in the structure of the solid. This book by two experts in the field investigates current techniques for modeling these failure and breakdown processes. It illustrates the basic modeling principles through a series of computer and laboratory simulations and `table top' experiments. The book centers on three important case studies: electrical failures like fuse and dielectric breakdown; mechanical fractures; and earthquakes, which exhibit dynamic failure.

The material will interest all graduate students and researchers studying disordered systems, whether their focus is the mechanical failure of solids, the electrical breakdown of conductors, or earthquake mechanics.

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Bikas K. Chakrabarti is at Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics, Calcutta. L. Gilles Benguigui is at Technion Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa.

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