Sample-Specific Behavior in Failure Models of Disordered Media
Meng-fen Xia, Zhong-Qing Song, Jianbo Xu, Kai-Hua Zhao, Yilong Bai · Communications in Theoretical Physics · 1996
The concept "sample-specific" is suggested to describe the behavior of disordered media close to macroscopic failure. It is pointed out that the transition from universal scaling to sample-specific behavior may be a common phenomenon in failure models of disordered media. The dynamical evolution plays an important role in the transition.