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Area of Science:

  • Materials Science
  • Statistical Mechanics
  • Solid Mechanics

Background:

  • Simple models are crucial for analyzing mechanical failure in complex microstructures.
  • Exact analysis of local load enhancements near failure regions in materials has been challenging.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To present an exact analytical solution for simpler local load-sharing models.
  • To analyze the size effect and fracture statistics in diluted fiber bundle models with local load sharing.

Main Methods:

  • Development and application of a sub-stochastic matrix method.
  • Derivation of a compact expression for the characteristic equation of the sub-stochastic matrix.
  • Obtaining an asymptotic expansion for the largest eigenvalue.

Main Results:

  • Exact solutions are now possible for certain local load-sharing models.
  • The method yields asymptotic behavior for size effects and statistics in fiber bundle models.
  • A previously developed scaling analysis can capture key features of the exact results.

Conclusions:

  • The sub-stochastic matrix method provides an exact analytical approach to local load sharing in materials.
  • The Gumbel distribution is found to be a poor fit for fracture statistics in these models.
  • The study offers insights into the physical origins of discrepancies in fracture statistics.