Since the beginning of the century the technological desire to master the fracture of metals,
concrete or polymers has boosted research and has left behind an overwhelming amount of …

This book has its roots in a series of collaborations in the last decade at the interface
between statistical physics and cosmology. The speci? c problem which initiated this …

A general discussion of the kinetics of continuous, irreversible fragmentation processes is
presented. For a linear process, where particle breakup is driven by an external force, the …

An experimental investigation of the fine-scale structure of turbulence was carried out. Five
different shear flows were studied: three in a wind tunnel with an open working section and …

Publisher Summary This chapter describes fragmentation. Upon the sudden introduction of
a sufficient strong external energy source, an object can break into smaller fragments …

We investigate the kinetics of nonlinear collision-induced fragmentation. We obtain the
fragment mass distribution analytically by utilizing its traveling wave behavior. The system …

We show that the isotropic 3-wave kinetic equation is equivalent to the mean-field rate
equations for an aggregation–fragmentation problem with an unusual fragmentation …

A general discussion of the kinetics of fragmentation processes is given. For a linear
process, where fragmentation is driven by an external force, a scaling theory to describe the …

Early scaling stochastic models of cloud and rain fields were designed to respect an
unrealistically simple scale invariant symmetry called “simple scaling” or “scaling of the …

We use a formal correspondence between the isotropic three-wave kinetic equation and the
rate equations for a nonlinear fragmentation–aggregation process to study the wave …