1. Department of Physics, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China;2. Center of Nonlinear Science, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China;3. LNM, Institute of Mechanics, Academia Sinica, Beijing 100080, China
Abstract:
The concept "sample-specific" is suggested to describe the behavior of disordered media close to macroscopic failure. It is pointed out that the transition from universal scaling to samplespecific behavior may be a common phenomenon in failure models of disordered media. The dynamical evolution plays an important role in the transition.