Avalanches in Functional Materials and Geophysics

Book Overview

Statistical mechanics perspective on earthquakes.- Mean-field approach to avalanches.- From labquakes in porous materials to earthquakes.- Rocks and earthquakes.- Modeling avalanches in martensites.- Experiments on pinning in ferroelastics .- Numerical simulation of avalanches in ferroelastics.- Microstructural length scales and crackling noise.- Avalanches in fracture.- Avalanches in metallic glasses.- Shear banding in amorphous solids.- Yield and irreversibility in amorphous solids.- Characterization of granular, porous and cellular materials.- Avalanches in fluid imbibition.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3319833308
• ISBN13: 9783319833309
• Release Date: June 2018
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 298 Pages
• Weight: 0.98 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.1" x 9.2"