Parametric homogeneity and non-classical self-similarity. I: Mathematical background. II: Some applications
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instance of: scholarly article
title: Parametric homogeneity and non-classical self-similarity. I: Mathematical background. II: Some applications
zbMATH Open document ID: 0927.74003
DOI: 10.1007/BF01178243
published in: Acta Mechanica
publication date: 1999-12-14T00:00:00Z
review text: The concept of parametric homogeneity, which includes parametric homogeneous (PH) and parametric-quasi-homogeneous (PQH) functions, PH-sets and corresponding transformations, is a kind of non-classical self-similarity. Introduction and study of the concept is important for understanding scaling properties of natural phenomena. PH-functions and PQH-functions are natural generalizations of concepts of homogeneous and quasi-homogeneous functions when the discrete group of coordinate dilations is considered instead of the continuous group. Here, we study some properties of PH- and PQH-functions and some of their applications. Several ways of constructing PH-function of arbitrary degree are described. It is shown that PH-functions often have fractal graphs and can be nowhere differentiable. Such common for fractal geometry objects as the von Koch curve, the Weierstraß-Mandelbrot and Takagi-Hopsen functions, the Cantor staircase and set possess PH-properties. However, the fractal properties of an object and the property of parametric-homogeneity are independent of each other, and the considered scaling law (PH-law) is not a kind of fractal scaling. A nowhere differentiable self-similar function and some associated PH-functions are introduced as examples of non-fractal scaling. In part II, we present some applications of PH-functions to nonlinear problems of solid mechanics. First, the contact between a punch whose shape is described by a positive PH-function, and a deformable half-space is considered using a similarity approach. Then, the popular concept of log-periodicity (complex exponent) is considered as a particular case of parametric homogeneity. It is shown that log-periodic functions can be useful in the description of the experimental data concerning seismic activation and can be used in earthquake predictions. Finally, a self-similar problem of multiple fracture is studied, namely a discrete self-similar problem of stick-slip crack propagation when a main crack …
Mathematics Subject Classification ID: 28A80
Mathematics Subject Classification ID: 86A15
Mathematics Subject Classification ID: 74M15
Mathematics Subject Classification ID: 74R10
zbMATH DE Number: 1270090
zbMATH Keywords: parametric-quasi-homogeneous functions
zbMATH Keywords: contact between punch and deformable half-space
zbMATH Keywords: fractal graphs
zbMATH Keywords: non-fractal scaling
zbMATH Keywords: log-periodic functions
zbMATH Keywords: earthquake predictions
zbMATH Keywords: multiple fracture
zbMATH Keywords: stick-slip crack propagation
author: F. M. Borodich
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