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A Method for Studying the Temperature Dependence of Dynamic Fracture and Fragmentation
Published on: June 28, 2015
Monte Carlo results in time-dependent hierarchical fiber-bundle models of fracture
Javier B Gómez1, Amalio F Pacheco
1Faculty of Sciences, University of Zaragoza, Pedro Cerbuna 12, 50005 Zaragoza, Spain. ggomez@unizar.es
Abstract:
Is there any time threshold of stability in a time-dependent hierarchical load-transfer structure formed by N elements, in the limit N --> infinity? There is no rigorous proof, but the consensus to this question is yes. Here we extend our previous work on these systems up to a size N = 10(6), using a power law breakdown rule and a new more efficient Monte Carlo method. The new results confirm this positive consensus.
