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Hudson Borja da Rocha1,2, Lev Truskinovsky2
1LMS, CNRS-UMR 7649, Ecole Polytechnique, Université Paris-Saclay, 91128 Palaiseau, France.
Abstract:
Failure in disordered solids is accompanied by intermittent fluctuations extending over a broad range of scales. The implied scaling has been previously associated with either spinodal or critical points. We use an analytically transparent mean-field model to show that both analogies are relevant near the brittle-to-ductile transition. Our study indicates that in addition to the strength of quenched disorder, an appropriately chosen global measure of rigidity (connectivity) can be also used to tune the system to criticality. By interpreting rigidity as a timelike variable we reveal an intriguing parallel between earthquake-type critical failure and Burgers turbulence.
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