Explanation of scaling phenomenon based on fractal fragmentation

Mechanics Research Communications

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 209-220

  Xu, Yongfu ^a  

^a SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Fractal dimension; Fractals; Fragmentation; Ice mechanics; Probability of fracture; Scaling; Tensile strength; Weibull statistics

Indexed keywords

FRACTURE; ICE; INTEGER PROGRAMMING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PROBABILITY; SET THEORY; STATISTICAL METHODS; TENSILE STRENGTH; TENSILE STRESS; WEIBULL DISTRIBUTION;

FRACTAL DIMENSIONS; FRAGMENTATION; ICE MECHANICS; PROBABILITY OF FRACTURE; SCALING; WEIBULL STATISTICS;

FRACTALS;

EID: 10444289065     PISSN: 00936413     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mechrescom.2003.10.001     Document Type: Article

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