Controlling crackling dynamics by triggering low-intensity avalanches

Jonathan Barés and Daniel Bonamy
Phys. Rev. E 103, 053001 – Published 10 May 2021

Abstract

We examine the effect of small, spatially localized excitations applied periodically in different manners, on the crackling dynamics of a brittle crack driven slowly in a heterogeneous solid. When properly adjusted, these excitations are observed to radically modify avalanche statistics and considerably limit the magnitude of the largest events. Surprisingly, this does not require information on the front loading state at the time of excitation; applying it either at a random location or at the most loaded point gives the same results. Subsequently, we unravel how the excitation amplitude, spatial extent, and frequency govern the effect. We find that the excitation efficiency is ruled by a single reduced parameter, namely the injected power per unit front length; the suppression of extreme avalanches is maximum at a well-defined optimal value of this control parameter. analysis opens another way to control the largest events in crackling dynamics. Beyond fracture problems, it may be relevant for crackling systems described by models of the same universality class, such as the wetting of heterogeneous substrates or magnetic walls in amorphous magnets.

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  • Received 27 October 2020
  • Revised 31 March 2021
  • Accepted 23 April 2021

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevE.103.053001

©2021 American Physical Society

Physics Subject Headings (PhySH)

Statistical Physics & ThermodynamicsCondensed Matter, Materials & Applied Physics

Authors & Affiliations

Jonathan Barés1,* and Daniel Bonamy2,†

  • 1Laboratoire de Mécanique et Génie Civil, UMR 5508 CNRS-University Montpellier, 34095 Montpellier, France
  • 2Service de Physique de l'État Condensée, CEA, CNRS, Université Paris-Saclay, CEA Saclay, 91191 Gif-sur-Yvette Cedex, France

  • *jb@jonathan-bares.eu
  • daniel.bonamy@cea.fr

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Vol. 103, Iss. 5 — May 2021

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