https://doi.org/10.1140/epjb/e2011-10977-4
Thermally activated fracture of porous media
1
Laboratoire de Physique de l'École Normale Supérieure de Lyon, 46 Allée d'Italie, 69364 Lyon, France
2
Université de la Méditerranée Aix-Marseille II, 8 Bd
Charles Livon, 13284 Marseille, France
Corresponding author: a alessio.guarino@univmed.fr
Received:
14
December
2010
Revised:
10
July
2011
Published online:
15
September
2011
The lifetime of a porous media, submitted to a constant subcritical stress, is studied by means of a numerical model. This model is based on a spring network where the porosity is represented by missing springs. The dynamics is produced adding thermal fluctuations in spring forces. The lifetime predicted by the models are compared to experimental data of delayed fracture of porous media submitted to three-point flexion fracture experiments.
© EDP Sciences, Società Italiana di Fisica, Springer-Verlag, 2011
