Micromechanical model for deformation in solids with universal predictions for stress-strain curves and slip avalanches

Karin A. Dahmen, Yehuda Ben-Zion, Jonathan T. Uhl

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Abstract

A basic micromechanical model for deformation of solids with only one tuning parameter (weakening ε) is introduced. The model can reproduce observed stress-strain curves, acoustic emissions and related power spectra, event statistics, and geometrical properties of slip, with a continuous phase transition from brittle to ductile behavior. Exact universal predictions are extracted using mean field theory and renormalization group tools. The results agree with recent experimental observations and simulations of related models for dislocation dynamics, material damage, and earthquake statistics.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Article number175501
JournalPhysical review letters
Volume102
Issue number17
DOIs
StatePublished - Apr 27 2009

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • General Physics and Astronomy

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