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    Failure time in the fiber-bundle model with thermal noise and disorder

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    The average time for the onset of macroscopic fractures is analytically and numerically investigated in the fiber-bundle model with quenched disorder and thermal noise under a constant load. We find an implicit exact expression for the failure time in the low-temperature limit that is accurately confirmed by direct simulations. The effect of the disorder is to lower the energy barrier.Comment: 11 pages, 6 figures; accepted for publication in Phys. Rev.

    Random Fiber Micromechanics of Fatigue Damage

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    Micromechanics of Fatigue Damage in Unidirectional Polymer Composites

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