Tensile strength of the brittle materials, probabilistic or deterministic approach?

On the probabilistic–deterministic trans

On the probabilistic–deterministic transition involved in a fragmentation process of brittle materials

✍ François Hild; Christophe Denoual; Pascal Forquin; Xavier Brajer 📂 Article 📅 2003 🏛 Elsevier Science 🌐 English ⚖ 412 KB

Dynamic loadings produce high stress waves leading to the fragmentation of brittle materials such as ceramics, concrete, glass and rocks. The main mechanism used to explain the change of the number of fragments with stress rate is a shielding phenomenon. However, under quasi-static loading condition