An introduction to breakdown phenomena in disordered systems

American Journal of Physics

Volumn 67, Issue 12, 1999, Pages 1177-1188

  Da Silveira, Rava ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

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EID: 0033263582     PISSN: 00029505     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1119/1.19104     Document Type: Article

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