@article {3132343,
	title = {STATISTICAL-THERMODYNAMIC APPROACH TO FRACTURE},
	journal = {PHYSICAL REVIEW A},
	volume = {43},
	year = {1991},
	month = {APR 15},
	pages = {4396-4400},
	abstract = {We present a statistical-thermodynamic theory that associates fracture of a solid with the approach of a spinodal upon increasing stress. This formulation is illustrated by a one-dimensional model, and the temperature dependence of the nonlinear stress-strain relation and fracture stress is obtained. A two-dimensional network model is treated by both effective-medium theory and Monte Carlo simulations, showing metastability and the nucleation of microcracks.},
	author = {SELINGER, RLB and WANG, ZG and Gelbart, W.M. and Benshaul, A.}
}
