Non-extensive statistical analysis of acoustic emissions: The variability of entropic index q during loading of brittle materials until fracture

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Non-extensive statistical mechanics (NESM), introduced by Tsallis based on the principle of non-additive entropy, is a generalisation of the Boltzmann–Gibbs statistics. NESM has been shown to provide the necessary theoretical and analytical implementation for studying complex systems such as the fracture mechanisms and crack evolution processes that occur in mechanically loaded specimens of brittle materials. In the current work, acoustic emission (AE) data recorded when marble and cement mortar specimens were subjected to three distinct loading protocols until fracture, are discussed in the context of NESM. The NESM analysis showed that the cumulative distribution functions of the AE interevent times (i.e., the time interval between successive AE hits) follow a q-exponential function. For each examined specimen, the corresponding Tsallis entropic qindices and the parameters βq and τq were calculated. The entropic index q shows a systematic behaviour strongly related to the various stages of the implemented loading protocols for all the examined specimens. Results seem to support the idea of using the entropic index q as a potential prefailure indicator for the impending catastrophic fracture of the mechanically loaded specimens.

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Loukidis, A., Triantis, D., & Stavrakas, I. (2021). Non-extensive statistical analysis of acoustic emissions: The variability of entropic index q during loading of brittle materials until fracture. Entropy, 23(3), 1–19. https://doi.org/10.3390/e23030276

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