Avalanches in Strained Amorphous Solids: Does Inertia Destroy Critical Behavior?

作者:Salerno K Michael*; Maloney Craig E; Robbins Mark O
来源:Physical Review Letters, 2012, 109(10): 105703.
DOI:10.1103/PhysRevLett.109.105703

摘要

Simulations are used to determine the effect of inertia on athermal shear of amorphous two-dimensional solids. In the quasistatic limit, shear occurs through a series of rapid avalanches. The distribution of avalanches is analyzed using finite-size scaling with thousands to millions of disks. Inertia takes the system to a new underdamped universality class rather than driving the system away from criticality as previously thought. Scaling exponents are determined for the underdamped and overdamped limits and a critical damping that separates the two regimes. Systems are in the overdamped universality class even when most vibrational modes are underdamped.

  • 出版日期2012-9-6