Temporal properties of avalanche dynamics
Slip avalanches occur in both crystalline and amorphous solids. Slip avalanches and avalanches in other systems are thought to be critical phenomena linked to a nonequilibrium phase transition. In this thesis we explore some temporal properties of experimental slip avalanche dynamics. These properties include aftershocks and foreshocks of slip avalanches in a bulk metallic glass, oscillations in the experimental setup affecting the ongoing avalanche dynamics, and temporal clustering of avalanches in systems with dynamic weakening.
Avalanches, Slip avalanches, Plastic deformation, Interevent times, Dynamic weakening
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