We present an experimental and theoretical study of the fatigue failure of heterogeneous materials under cyclic compression considering asphalt as a specific example. Varying the load amplitude, experiments reveal a finite fatigue limit below which the specimen does not break, while approaching the tensile strength of the material a rapid failure occurs. In the intermediate load range, the lifetime decreases with the load as a power law. We introduce two novel theoretical approaches, namely, a fibre bundle model and a fuse model, and show that both capture the major microscopic mechanisms of the fatigue failure of heterogeneous materials, providing an excellent agreement with the experimental findings.
Fatigue failure of disordered materials
Zapperi S;
2007
Abstract
We present an experimental and theoretical study of the fatigue failure of heterogeneous materials under cyclic compression considering asphalt as a specific example. Varying the load amplitude, experiments reveal a finite fatigue limit below which the specimen does not break, while approaching the tensile strength of the material a rapid failure occurs. In the intermediate load range, the lifetime decreases with the load as a power law. We introduce two novel theoretical approaches, namely, a fibre bundle model and a fuse model, and show that both capture the major microscopic mechanisms of the fatigue failure of heterogeneous materials, providing an excellent agreement with the experimental findings.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
