The deformation and flow of disordered solids, such as metallic glasses and concentrated
emulsions, involves swift localized rearrangements of particles that induce a long-range …

The arrangements of particles and forces in granular materials have a complex organization
on multiple spatial scales that range from local structures to mesoscale and system-wide …

Charles Richter's observation that'only fools and charlatans predict earthquakes,'reflects the
fact that despite more than 100 years of effort, seismologists remain unable to do so with …

Bringing together basic ideas, classical theories, recent experimental and theoretical
aspects, this book explains desiccation cracks from simple, easily-comprehensible cases to …

We explore the critical behavior of dynamic phase transitions in ultrathin uniaxial Co films.
Our data demonstrate the occurrence of critical fluctuations, which define the critical regime …

Micro-and nanoscale materials have remarkable mechanical properties, such as enhanced
strength and toughness, but they usually display sample-to-sample fluctuations and size …

Network theoretical measures such as geodesic edge betweenness centrality (GEBC) have
been proposed as failure predictors in network models of load-driven materials failure. Edge …

Collagen forms the structural scaffold of connective tissues in all mammals. Tissues are
remarkably resistant against mechanical deformations because collagen molecules …

We give a bird's-eye view of the plastic deformation of crystals aimed at the statistical
physics community, as well as a broad introduction to the statistical theories of forced rigid …

In this study, analytical formulations for energy dissipation rate and critical energy
dissipation have been derived for concrete under cyclic loading conditions. Initially, the …