Viscoelastic Interfaces Driven in Disordered Media Applications to Friction /

• Main Author: Landes, François P. (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2016.
• Series: Springer Theses, Recognizing Outstanding Ph.D. Research,
• Subjects: Physics.; Geophysics.; System theory.; Statistical physics.; Nonlinear Dynamics.; Geophysics/Geodesy.; Complex Systems.; Geophysics and Environmental Physics.

This book offers an in-depth study of two well-known models of “avalanche” dynamics, modified minimally by the inclusion of relaxation. Many complex systems respond to continuous inputs of energy by accumulation of stress over time, interrupted by sudden energy releases called avalanches. The first...

Table of Contents:

• Introduction to Friction
• Application of Friction to Seismic Faults
• Elastic Interfaces Driven in Disordered Media
• Viscoelastic Interfaces Driven in Disordered Media
• Directed Percolation: a Non-Markovian Variant
• General Perspectives.