Zapperi, Stefano; Ray, Purusattam; Stanley, H. Eugene; … - In: Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications 270 (1999) 1, pp. 57-62
We present numerical simulations of two-dimensional models of electric breakdown and fracture in disordered systems subject to an increasing external stress. We provide a geometrical characterization of the damage by studying the scaling behavior of connected bonds clusters. The average cluster...