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We introduce a continuous damage fiber bundle model and compare its behavior with that of dry fiber bundles. Several interesting constitutive behaviors, such as plasticity, are found in this model depending on the value of the damage parameter and on the form of the disorder distribution. We compare the constitutive behavior of global load transfer models, obtained analytically, with local load transfer models numerical simulations. The evolution of the damage is studied analyzing the cluster statistics for dry and continous damage fiber bundles. Finally, it is shown that quenched random thresholds enhance damage localization.
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Received 27 March 2000
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Kun, F., Zapperi, S. & Herrmann, H. Damage in fiber bundle models. Eur. Phys. J. B 17, 269–279 (2000). https://doi.org/10.1007/PL00011084
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/PL00011084