Local load-sharing fiber bundle model in higher dimensions

Phys Rev E Stat Nonlin Soft Matter Phys. 2015 Aug;92(2):020401. doi: 10.1103/PhysRevE.92.020401. Epub 2015 Aug 5.

Abstract

We consider the local load-sharing fiber bundle model in one to five dimensions. Depending on the breaking threshold distribution of the fibers, there is a transition where the fracture process becomes localized. In the localized phase, the model behaves as the invasion percolation model. The difference between the local load-sharing fiber bundle model and the equal load-sharing fiber bundle model vanishes with increasing dimensionality with the characteristics of a power law.