Davidsen, Stanchits (2007)

Authors: Jörn Davidsen, Sergei Stanchits, and Georg Dresen
Published in: Physical Review Letters 98, 125502 (March 22, 2007)
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We present a detailed statistical analysis of acoustic emission time series from laboratory rock fracture obtained from different experiments on different materials including acoustic emission controlled triaxial fracture and punch-through tests. In all considered cases, the waiting time distribution can be described by a unique scaling function indicating its universality. This scaling function is even indistinguishable from that for earthquakes suggesting its general validity for fracture processes independent of time, space and magnitude scales.

@article{davidsen2007sau,
title={{Scaling and Universality in Rock Fracture}},
author={Davidsen, J. and Stanchits, S. and Dresen, G.},
journal={Physical Review Letters},
volume={98},
number={12},
pages={125502},
year={2007},
publisher={APS}
}