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OverviewUnder extreme conditions the mechanical or electrical properties of solids tend to be destabilized and failure or breakdown occurs. In practice these instabilities in the solid often nucleate or spread from disorders in the structure of the solid. This book investigates the modelling of such failure and breakdown processes. The basic principles are illuminated with a large number of computer simulations and laboratory simulations or `table top' experiments. Three particular case studies of failure are presented: electrical failures like fuse and dielectric breakdown; mechanical fracture; and earthquakes as an example of dynamic failure. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Bikas K. Chakrabarti (Professor, Professor, Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics, Calcutta, India) , L. Gilles Benguigui (Professor, Professor, Technion Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel)Publisher: Oxford University Press Imprint: Oxford University Press Volume: 55 Dimensions: Width: 16.00cm , Height: 1.40cm , Length: 24.20cm Weight: 0.389kg ISBN: 9780198520566ISBN 10: 0198520565 Pages: 176 Publication Date: 28 August 1997 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: To order  Stock availability from the supplier is unknown. We will order it for you and ship this item to you once it is received by us. Table of Contents1: Introduction 2: Electrical breakdown in disordered solids 3: Fracture strength of disordered solids 4: Earthquakes in model systems References IndexReviewsAuthor InformationTab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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