Diversity of fragments in the collapse of brittle solids

Brito, V. P.Gomes, M. A. F.Souza, F. A. O.Adhikari, Sadhan K. [UNESP]2014-05-272014-05-271998-10-15Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications, v. 259, n. 3-4, p. 227-234, 1998.0378-4371http://hdl.handle.net/11449/65533An experimental study of fragmentation of brittle solids under the application of repeated impulsive force is made, emphasizing the behavior of the diversity of fragments. Several scaling relations involving diversity and number of fragments are obtained from experiments and the results are compared with computer simulations. © 1998 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved.227-234engBrittle solidsCollapseDiversityFragmentationBrittlenessStatistical mechanicsSolid state physicsDiversity of fragments in the collapse of brittle solidsArtigo10.1016/S0378-4371(98)00276-3WOS:000076539400001Acesso restrito2-s2.0-0347483268