title: Scaling and universality in rock fracture.
abstract: We present a detailed statistical analysis of acoustic emission time series from laboratory rock fracture obtained from different experiments on different materials including acoustic emission controlled triaxial fracture and punch-through tests. In all considered cases, the waiting time distribution can be described by a unique scaling function indicating its universality. This scaling function is even indistinguishable from that for earthquakes suggesting its general validity for fracture processes independent of time, space, and magnitude scales.
authors.affiliation: British Antarctic Survey, High Cross, Madingley Road, Cambridge CB3 0ET, UK. davidsen@pks.mpg.de
authors.forename: Jörn
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Davidsen
authors.forename: Sergei
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Stanchits
authors.forename: Georg
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Dresen