Torsional rigidity for cylinders with a Brownian fracture

Abstract: We obtain bounds for the expected loss of torsional rigidity of a cylinder

O m e g a_{L} = (- L / 2, L / 2) i m e s O m e g a s u b s e t R^{3}

of length

L

due to a Brownian fracture that starts at a random point in

O m e g a_{L},

and runs until the first time it exits

O m e g a_{L}

. These bounds are expressed in terms of the geometry of the cross-section

O m e g a s u b s e t R^{2}

. It is shown that if

O m e g a

is a disc with radius

R

, then in the limit as

L i g h t a r r o w i n f t y

the expected loss of torsional rigidity equals

c R^{5}

for some

c i n (0, i n f t y)

. We derive bounds for

c

in terms of the expected Newtonian capacity of the trace of a Brownian path that starts at the centre of a ball in

R^{3}

with radius

1,

and runs until the first time it exits this ball.

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