We discuss the physics of fracture in terms of the statistical physics associated with the
failure of elastic media under applied stresses in presence of quenched disorder. We show …

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 …

The article reports a numerical investigation of the breakdown of a disordered system
considering the effect of local stress concentration under the action of an external tensile …

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 …

It is well known that a small number of graphene nanoparticles embedded in polymers
enhance the electrical conductivity; the polymer changes from being an insulator to a …

We report a critical behavior in the breakdown of an equal-load-sharing fiber bundle model
at a dispersion $\delta_c $ of the breaking threshold of the fibers. For $\delta<\delta_c …

We study the competition between thermal fluctuations and stress enhancement in the
failure process of a disordered system by using a local load sharing fiber bundle model. The …

Various kinds of heterogeneity in solids, including atomistic discreteness, affect the fracture
strength as well as the failure dynamics remarkably. Here we study the effects of an initial …

We study the local load sharing fiber bundle model and its energy burst statistics. While it is
known that the avalanche size distribution of the model is exponential, we numerically show …

A coarse-grained spring network model is proposed for the prediction of the mechanical
response of metallic glasses as a function of the microstructure prior to loading. This model …