Abstract
The authors develop a relation for the fracture strength of a porous solid or random network near the percolation threshold. Near the percolation threshold the fracture strength vanishes as (p-pc)(τ+v(2-d))2/, where τ and υ are the elasticity and coherence length exponent respectively and d is the fractal dimension of the percolating cluster. Employing this relation, they have determined the elasticity exponent in a recent molecular dynamic investigation to be ≈ 2.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | L855-L856 |
Journal | Journal of Physics C: Solid State Physics |
Volume | 18 |
Issue number | 27 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Sep 30 1985 |
Externally published | Yes |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Condensed Matter Physics
- Engineering(all)
- Physics and Astronomy(all)