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Critical ruptures in a bundle of slowly relaxing fibers

We study the damage enhanced creep rupture of disordered materials by means of a fiber bundle model. Broken fibers undergo a slow stress relaxation modeled by a Maxwell element whose stress exponent m can vary in a broad range. Under global load sharing we show that due to the strength disorder of fibers, the lifetime ʧ of the bundle has sample-to-sample fluctuations characterized by a log-normal distribution independent of the type of disorder. We determine the Monkman-Grant relation of the model and establish a relation between the rupture life tʄ and the characteristic time tm of the intermediate creep regime of the bundle where the minimum strain rate is reached, making possible reliable estimates of ʧ from short term measurements. Approaching macroscopic failure, the deformation rate has a finite time power law singularity whose exponent is a decreasing function of m. On the microlevel the distribution of waiting times is found to have a power law behavior with m-dependent exponents different below and above the critical load of the bundle. Approaching the critical load from above, the cutoff value of the distributions has a power law divergence whose exponent coincides with the stress exponent of Maxwell elements

© Physical Review E, 2008, vol. 73, núm. 3, p. 036102

American Physical Society

Autor: Kovács, K.
Nagy, S.
Cruz Hidalgo, Raúl
Kun, F.
Herrmann, H.J.
Pagonabarraga Mora, Ignacio
Data: 2008
Resum: We study the damage enhanced creep rupture of disordered materials by means of a fiber bundle model. Broken fibers undergo a slow stress relaxation modeled by a Maxwell element whose stress exponent m can vary in a broad range. Under global load sharing we show that due to the strength disorder of fibers, the lifetime ʧ of the bundle has sample-to-sample fluctuations characterized by a log-normal distribution independent of the type of disorder. We determine the Monkman-Grant relation of the model and establish a relation between the rupture life tʄ and the characteristic time tm of the intermediate creep regime of the bundle where the minimum strain rate is reached, making possible reliable estimates of ʧ from short term measurements. Approaching macroscopic failure, the deformation rate has a finite time power law singularity whose exponent is a decreasing function of m. On the microlevel the distribution of waiting times is found to have a power law behavior with m-dependent exponents different below and above the critical load of the bundle. Approaching the critical load from above, the cutoff value of the distributions has a power law divergence whose exponent coincides with the stress exponent of Maxwell elements
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ISSN: 1539-3755 (versió paper)
1550-2376 (versió electrònica)
Accés al document: http://hdl.handle.net/10256/7618
Llenguatge: eng
Editor: American Physical Society
Col·lecció: Reproducció digital del document publicat a: http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevE.77.036102
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És part de: © Physical Review E, 2008, vol. 73, núm. 3, p. 036102
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Matèria: Mecànica de fractura
Fracture mechanics
Materials -- Fatiga
Materials -- Fatigue
Títol: Critical ruptures in a bundle of slowly relaxing fibers
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