THRESHOLD DIVERSITY AND TRANS-SCALES SENSITIVITY IN A FINITE NONLINEAR EVOLUTION MODEL OF MATERIALS FAILURE

Authors
XIA MF KE FJ BAI J BAI YL
Citation
Mf. Xia et al., THRESHOLD DIVERSITY AND TRANS-SCALES SENSITIVITY IN A FINITE NONLINEAR EVOLUTION MODEL OF MATERIALS FAILURE, Physics letters. A, 236(1-2), 1997, pp. 60-64
Citations number
7
Categorie Soggetti
Physics
Journal title
Physics letters. A → ACNP
ISSN journal
03759601
Volume
236
Issue
1-2
Year of publication
1997
Pages
60 - 64
Database
ISI
SICI code
0375-9601(1997)236:1-2<60:TDATSI>2.0.ZU;2-8
Abstract
We present a slice-sampling method and study the ensemble evolution of a large finite nonlinear system in order to model materials failure. There is a transitional region of failure probability. Its size effect is expressed by a slowly decaying scaling law. In a meso-macroscopic range (similar to 10(5)) in realistic failure, the diversity cannot be ignored. Sensitivity to mesoscopic details governs the phenomena. (C) 1997 Published by Elsevier Science B.V.