Scaling laws and renormalization groups for strength and toughness of disordered materials

DOI10.1016/0020-7683(94)90107-4zbMath0807.73050OpenAlexW2045343679MaRDI QIDQ1317142

Publication date: 1 March 1995

Published in: International Journal of Solids and Structures (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1016/0020-7683(94)90107-4

zbMATH Keywords

self-similarity energy dissipation fractal geometry fracture energy defect size distribution brittleness number nominal tensile strength renormalized fracture energy strength decrease diagram

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Micromechanics of solids (74M25) Fracture and damage (74R99) Micromechanical theories (74A60) Fractals (28A80)

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