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.

Name thesis:degree_name

Ph.D.

Level thesis:degree_level

Dissertation

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Physics

Grantor

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Year dc:date

2019

Author dc:creator

• McFaul, Louis William

Contributors dc:contributor

• Dahmen, Karin A
• DeMarco, Brian L
• Weaver, Richard L
• Weissman, Michael B

• Avalanches
• Slip avalanches
• Plastic deformation
• Interevent times
• Dynamic weakening

Statement dc:rights

• Copyright 2019 Louis McFaul

Language dc:language

en

Handle dc:identifier

http://hdl.handle.net/2142/105607

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:www.ideals.illinois.edu:2142/105607