Potirakis, S.; Minadakis, G.; Eftaxias, K. - In: Natural Hazards 64 (2012) 1, pp. 641-650
The variation of fractal dimension and entropy during a damage evolution process, especially approaching critical failure, has been recently investigated. A sudden drop of fractal dimension has been proposed as a quantitative indicator of damage localization or a likely precursor of an impending...