Eur. Phys. J. B 17, 269-279 (2000)
https://doi.org/10.1007/PL00011084

Damage in fiber bundle models

¹ ICA 1, University of Stuttgart, Pfaffenwaldring 27, 70569 Stuttgart, Germany
² Department of Theoretical Physics, University of Debrecen, PO Box 5, 4010 Debrecen, Hungary
³ PMMH-ESPCI, 10 rue Vauquelin, 75231 Paris Cedex 05, France
⁴ INFM sezione di Roma 1, Università "La Sapienza", P.le A. Moro 2 00185 Roma, Italy

Received: 27 March 2000
Published online: 15 September 2000

Abstract

We introduce a continuous damage fiber bundle model and compare its behavior with that of dry fiber bundles. Several interesting constitutive behaviors, such as plasticity, are found in this model depending on the value of the damage parameter and on the form of the disorder distribution. We compare the constitutive behavior of global load transfer models, obtained analytically, with local load transfer models numerical simulations. The evolution of the damage is studied analyzing the cluster statistics for dry and continous damage fiber bundles. Finally, it is shown that quenched random thresholds enhance damage localization.