Self-affine nature of the stress-strain behavior of thin fiber networks
Abstract
The stress-strain behavior of toilet paper is studied. We find that the damaged parts of stress-strain curves possess a self-affine scaling invariance. Moreover, we find that the stress-strain behavior and the rupture line roughness are characterized by the same scaling (Hurst) exponent H, which is not universal: rather it changes from sample to sample. The variations on H are mainly due to fluctuations in the paper structure, which are larger than statistical errors within a sample. Furthermore, the same exponent governs the changes in the stress-strain curve as the strain rate increases. The fractal damage model is employed to explain experimental observations.
- Publication:
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Physical Review E
- Pub Date:
- December 2001
- DOI:
- 10.1103/PhysRevE.64.066131
- Bibcode:
- 2001PhRvE..64f6131B
- Keywords:
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- 46.50.+a;
- 05.40.-a;
- 47.53.+n;
- 61.43.Hv;
- Fracture mechanics fatigue and cracks;
- Fluctuation phenomena random processes noise and Brownian motion;
- Fractals in fluid dynamics;
- Fractals;
- macroscopic aggregates