On the behavior of dissipative systems in contact with a heat bath: Application to Andrade creep

Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids

Volumn 57, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 1058-1077

  Sullivan, T ^a   Koslowski, M ^b   Theil, F ^a   Ortiz, M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Andrade creep; Dissipative systems; Effective kinetics; Gradient flows; Statistical mechanics

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL PREDICTIONS; ANDRADE CREEP; DISSIPATIVE SYSTEMS; EFFECT OF TEMPERATURE; EFFECTIVE KINETICS; FINITE TEMPERATURES; GRADIENT FLOWS; HEAT BATH; NUMERICAL RESULTS; RANDOM ARRAY; SLIP PLANE; TIME EXPONENT; YIELD PHENOMENON;

FORECASTING; STATISTICAL MECHANICS; THERMAL EFFECTS;

CREEP;

EID: 67349107516     PISSN: 00225096     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmps.2009.03.006     Document Type: Article

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