Critical manifolds in non-linear response of complex materials

Mechanics of Materials

Volumn 38, Issue 8-10, 2006, Pages 757-771

  Duxbury, P M ^a   McGarrity, E S ^a   Holm, Elizabeth A ^b  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SANDIA NATIONAL LABORATORIES   (United States)

Author keywords

Critical manifolds; Grain boundary engineering; Non linear random networks; Percolation; Scaling laws

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL GEOMETRY; ELECTRIC NETWORK ANALYZERS; GRAIN BOUNDARIES; POLYCRYSTALLINE MATERIALS; RANDOM PROCESSES; THRESHOLD ELEMENTS;

CRITICAL MANIFOLDS; GRAIN BOUNDARY ENGINEERING; NON-LINEAR RANDOM NETWORKS; PERCOLATION; SCALING LAWS;

DYNAMIC RESPONSE;

EID: 33646384579     PISSN: 01676636     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mechmat.2005.06.031     Document Type: Article

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