Statistical physicists and social scientists both extensively study some characteristic features
of the unequal distributions of energy, cluster, or avalanche sizes and of income, wealth …

We discuss the cooperative failure dynamics in the fiber bundle model where the individual
elements or fibers are Hookean springs that have identical spring constants but different …

A subcritical load on a disordered material can induce creep damage. The creep rate in this
case exhibits three temporal regimes viz. an initial decelerating regime followed by a steady …

This work focuses on an experimental and numerical investigation into monitoring damage
in a cube-shaped concrete specimen under compression. Experimental monitoring uses …

This work investigates the extension of a total-collapse prediction method to include local
failures in quasi-brittle materials as they undergo damage processes. The analysis is …

This paper discusses the combined application of the lattice discrete element method
(LDEM) and the acoustic emission (AE) technique to analyze damage in quasi-brittle …

Prediction of an imminent catastrophic event in a driven disordered system is of paramount
importance—from the laboratory scale controlled fracture experiment to the largest scale of …

The two principal ingredients determining the failure modes of disordered solids are the
strength of heterogeneity and the length scale of the region affected in the solid following a …

In the systems showing critical behavior, various response functions have a singularity at the
critical point. Therefore, as the driving field is tuned toward its critical value, the response …

Prediction of a breakdown in disordered solids under external loading is a question of
paramount importance. Here we use a fiber bundle model for disordered solids and record …