Bursty crack propagation: Clusters, burst shapes and waiting times

L. Laurson*, S. Santucci, M. J. Alava

*Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

We discuss the properties of bursty crack propagation in disordered solids, by considering a combination of data from planar crack front propagation experiments and numerical simulations of a crack line model. We focus on the spatial and temporal structure of the bursts or avalanches, by showing that each “global avalanche” consists of a number of “local clusters”, and that the activity bursts have a non-trivial average shape. Also the statistics of the waiting times separating two consecutive activity bursts is studied, and we demonstrate how their distribution develops a power-law form when increasing the threshold level used to define the avalanche events.

Original languageEnglish
Pages90-91
Number of pages2
Publication statusPublished - 1 Jan 2017
MoE publication typeNot Eligible
EventInternational Conference on Fracture - Rhodes, Greece
Duration: 18 Jun 201720 Jun 2017
Conference number: 14

Conference

ConferenceInternational Conference on Fracture
Abbreviated titleICF
Country/TerritoryGreece
CityRhodes
Period18/06/201720/06/2017

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