The present review is intended to revisit the advances and debates in the comprehension of
the mechanisms of subcritical crack propagation in silicate glasses almost a century after its …

Abstract Domain walls in magnets, vortex lattices in superconductors, contact lines at
depinning, and many other systems can be modeled as an elastic system subject to …

We propose a versatile approach to computing the effective toughness of heterogeneous
media. This approach focusses on the material property independent of the details of the …

While there exists a unified theoretical framework–Linear Elastic Fracture Mechanics–to
describe the failure of homogeneous materials, understanding and modeling the …

We derive here a linear elastic stochastic description for slow crack growth in
heterogeneous materials. This approach succeeds in reproducing quantitatively the …

Surface roughness affects the functional properties of surfaces, including adhesion, friction,
hydrophobicity, biological response, and electrical and thermal transport properties …

The size of the mechanical contact between nanoscale bodies that are pressed together
under load has implications for adhesion, friction, and electrical and thermal transport at …

Three dimensional calculations of ductile fracture under mode I plane strain, small scale
yielding conditions are carried out using an elastic-viscoplastic constitutive relation for a …

Ductile-to-brittle transition in cutting mode is an important phenomenon in the ultra-precision
machining and surface finish of brittle materials. Using a newly-developed coarse-grained …

The complex‐systems approach to cognitive science seeks to move beyond the formalism of
information exchange and to situate cognition within the broader formalism of energy flow …