An information theoretic argument on the form of damage accumulation in solids

Mathematics

• Damage Accumulation 100%
• Hierarchy 48%
• Dissipation 43%
• Damage 34%
• Crack 28%
• Cohesive Zone Model 27%
• Form 24%
• Maximum Entropy Principle 20%
• Fatigue 19%
• Observation 19%
• Length Scale 18%
• Statistical Mechanics 16%
• Information Theory 15%
• Thermodynamics 15%
• Plastics 15%
• Time Scales 13%
• Continuum 12%
• Uncertainty 12%
• Testing 10%
• Energy 9%
• Modeling 9%
• Model 4%

Engineering & Materials Science

• Statistical mechanics 42%
• Cracks 39%
• Fatigue testing 34%
• Information theory 33%
• Soldering alloys 28%
• Plasticity 27%
• Thermodynamics 25%
• Entropy 24%
• Plastics 21%
• Uncertainty 18%

Chemical Compounds

• Dissipation 63%
• Statistical Mechanics 27%
• Solder 24%
• Plastic Property 22%
• Entropy 16%
• Alloy 13%
• Thermodynamics 12%
• Energy 9%
• Surface 6%