Crackling Noise: Statistical Physics of Avalanche Phenomena

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Stefano Zapperi (Professor, Professor, Department of Physics, University of Milan)

Crackling Noise

Statistical Physics of Avalanche Phenomena

Stefano Zapperi (Professor, Professor, Department of Physics, University of Milan)

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Oxford University Press
26 August 2022

Condensed matter physics (liquid state & solid state physics); Statistical physics; Materials science

The response of materials and the functioning of devices is often associated with noise. In this book, Stefano Zapperi concentrates on a particular type of noise, known as crackling noise, which is characterized by an intermittent series of broadly distributed pulses. While representing a nuisance in many practical applications, crackling noise can also tell us something useful about the microscopic processes ruling the materials behavior. Each crackle in the noise series usually corresponds to a localized impulsive event, an avalanche, occurring inside the material. A distinct statistical feature of crackling noise, and of the underlying avalanche behavior, is the presence of scaling, observed as power-law distributed noise pulses, long-range correlation, and scale free spectra. These are the hallmarks of critical phenomena and phase transitions.

This work summarizes the current understanding of crackling noise, reviewing research undertaken in the past 30 years, from the early and influential ideas on self-organized criticality in sandpile models, to more modern studies on disordered systems. Crackling Noise covers the main theoretical models used to investigate avalanche phenomena, describes the statistical tools needed to analyze crackling noise, and provides a detailed discussion of a set of relevant examples of crackling noise in materials science. These include acoustic emission in fracture, strain bursts in amorphous and crystal plasticity, granular avalanches, magnetic noise in ferromagnets and superconductors, and fluid flow in porous media. The book concludes by considering the wider application of these models in the natural sciences.

By: Stefano Zapperi (Professor Professor Department of Physics University of Milan)
Imprint: Oxford University Press
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 252mm, Width: 174mm, Spine: 17mm
Weight: 616g
ISBN: 9780192856951
ISBN 10: 0192856952
Pages: 240
Publication Date: 26 August 2022
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

1: Scaling features of crackling noise 2: Sandpile models 3: Avalanches in disordered media 4: The depinning transition 5: Fracture 6: Plasticity 7: Granular matter 8: The Barkhausen effect 9: Vortices in superconductors 10: Flow in porous media 11: Avalanches in biological systems 12: Outlook References Index

Stefano Zapperi is Professor of Theoretical Condensed Matter Physics and Coordinator of the Center for Complexity and Biosystems at the University of Milan.

Reviews for Crackling Noise: Statistical Physics of Avalanche Phenomena

Zapperi (Univ. of Milan) presents an extensive summary of the statistical mechanics of avalanche phenomena in materials science. * J. Lambropoulos, CHOICE * Zapperi (Univ. of Milan) presents an extensive summary of the statistical mechanics of avalanche phenomena in materials science. He argues that intermittent crackling noise reveals localized, impulsive events driven by the interactions of internal microstructural defects with externally applied fields. Emphasizing multiple scales and scaling, the author embeds these avalanche phenomena within the broader fields of critical phenomena and phase transitions, reviewing applications in non-destructive testing and hazard predictive methods. * J. Lambropoulos, University of Rochester *