Failure time and microcrack nucleation

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12 May 1999

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Published by arXiv in arXiv

https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.cond-mat/9905161

Abstract

The failure time of samples of heterogeneous materials (wood, fiberglass) is studied as a function of the applied stress. It is shown that in these materials the failure time is predicted with a good accuracy by a model of microcrack nucleation proposed by Pomeau. It is also shown that the crack growth process presents critical features when the failure time is approached.

Keywords

MICROCRACK NUCLEATION
NUCLEATION PROPOSED
CRITICAL FEATURES
PRESENTS CRITICAL
GOOD ACCURACY
FAILURE TIME
WOOD

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Version 1, 1999-05-12, ArXiv
Published version: Europhysics Letters, 47 (4), 456.

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