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cond-mat.soft2014
Crack Propagation in Bone on the Scale of Mineralized Collagen Fibrils : Role of Polymers with Sacrificial Bonds and Hidden Length
Wenyi Wang, Ahmed Elbanna
Sacrificial bonds and hidden length (SBHL) in structural molecules provide a mechanism for energy dissipation at the nanoscale. It is hypothesized that their presence leads to grea…
cond-mat.stat-mech2014★ 19 cited
Shear flow of angular grains: acoustic effects and non-monotonic rate dependence of volume
Charles K. C. Lieou, Ahmed E. Elbanna, J. S. Langer +1
Naturally-occurring granular materials often consist of angular particles whose shape and frictional characteristics may have important implications on macroscopic flow rheology. I…
cond-mat.mtrl-sci2014★ 15 cited
A two-scale model for sheared fault gouge: Competition between macroscopic disorder and local viscoplasticity
Ahmed E. Elbanna, Jean M. Carlson
We develop a model for sheared gouge layers that accounts for the local increase in temperature at the grain contacts during sliding. We use the shear transformation zone (STZ) the…