Onset of fracture in random heterogeneous particle chains

DOI10.4171/8ECM/32MaRDI QIDQ6064595zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Stefan Neukamm, Mathias Schäffner, Anja Schlömerkemper

Publication date 10 November 2023

Published in European Congress of Mathematics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/2111.01664

zbMATH Keywords

\(\Gamma\)-convergencediscrete systemfractureLennard-Jones potentialsstochastic homogenization

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Random materials and composite materials (74A40) Random structure in solid mechanics (74E35) Homogenization, determination of effective properties in solid mechanics (74Q99) Brittle fracture (74R10)

Abstract: In mechanical systems it is of interest to know the onset of fracture in dependence of the boundary conditions. Here we study a one-dimensional model which allows for an underlying heterogeneous structure in the discrete setting. Such models have recently been studied in the passage to the continuum by means of variational convergence ($Gamma$-convergence). The $Gamma$-limit results determine thresholds of the boundary condition, which mark a transition from purely elastic behaviour to the occurrence of a crack. In this article we provide a notion of fracture in the discrete setting and show that its continuum limit yields the same threshold as that obtained from the $Gamma$-limit. Since the calculation of the fracture threshold is much easier with the new method, we see a good chance that this new approach will turn out useful in applications.

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Summary: In mechanical systems, it is of interest to know the onset of fracture in dependence of the boundary conditions. Here we study a one-dimensional model which allows for an underlying heterogeneous structure in the discrete setting. Such models have recently been studied in the passage to the continuum by means of variational convergence \((\Gamma\)-convergence). The \(\Gamma\)-limit results determine thresholds of the boundary condition, which mark a transition from purely elastic behavior to the occurrence of a crack. In this article, we provide a notion of fracture in the discrete setting and show that its continuum limit yields the same threshold as that obtained from the \(\Gamma\)-limit. Since the calculation of the fracture threshold is much easier with the new method, we see a good chance that this new approach will turn out useful in applications. For the entire collection see [Zbl 1519.00033].

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