Mikko Alava

Professor, Physics at Aalto University School of Business

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  • Aalto University School of Business

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Aalto University School of Business

Peer-reviewed scientific articles

Journal article-refereed, Original research

Irreversibility transition of colloidal polycrystals under cyclic deformation

Jana, Pritam Kumar; Alava, Mikko J.; Zapperi, Stefano
2017 in SCIENTIFIC REPORTS (NATURE PUBLISHING GROUP)
ISSN: 2045-2322

Friction controls even submerged granular flows

Koivisto, Juha; Korhonen, Marko; Alava, Mikko; Ortiz, Carlos P.; Durian, Douglas J.; Puisto, Antti
2017 in SOFT MATTER (ROYAL SOC CHEMISTRY)
ISSN: 1744-683X

Intermittent crack growth in fatigue

Kokkoniemi, R.; Miksic, A.; Ovaska, M.; Laurson, L.; Alava, M. J.
2017 in JOURNAL OF STATISTICAL MECHANICS: THEORY AND EXPERIMENT (IOP PUBLISHING LTD)
ISSN: 1742-5468

Start-up inertia as an origin for heterogeneous flow

Korhonen, Marko; Mohtaschemi, Mikael; Puisto, Antti; Illa Tortos, Xavier; Alava, Mikko J.
2017 in PHYSICAL REVIEW E (AMER PHYSICAL SOC)
ISSN: 2470-0045

Influence of strain rate, temperature and fatigue on the radial compression behaviour of Norway spruce

Moilanen, Carolina; Bjorkqvist, Tomas; Ovaska, Markus; Koivisto, Juha; Miksic, Amandine; Engberg, Birgitta A.; Salminen, Lauri I.; Saarenrinne, Pentti; Alava, Mikko
2017 in HOLZFORSCHUNG (WALTER DE GRUYTER GMBH)
ISSN: 0018-3830

Deformation and fracture of echinoderm collagen networks

Ovaska, Markus; Bertalan, Zsolt; Miksic, Amandine; Sugni, Michela; Di Benedetto, Cristiano; Ferrario, Cinzia; Leggio, Livio; Guidetti, Luca; Alava, Mikko J.; La Porta, Caterina A M; Zapperi, Stefano
2017 in JOURNAL OF THE MECHANICAL BEHAVIOR OF BIOMEDICAL MATERIALS (Elsevier Science B.V.)
ISSN: 1751-6161

Predicting crackling noise in compressional deformation

Viitanen, Leevi; Ovaska, Markus; Alava, Mikko J.; Karppinen, Pasi
2017 in JOURNAL OF STATISTICAL MECHANICS: THEORY AND EXPERIMENT (IOP PUBLISHING LTD)
ISSN: 1742-5468

Bursts of activity in collective cell migration

Chepizhko, Oleksandr; Giampietro, Costanza; Mastrapasqua, Eleonora; Nourazar, Mehdi; Ascagni, Miriam; Sugni, Michela; Fascio, Umberto; Leggio, Livio; Malinverno, Chiara; Scita, Giorgio; Santucci, Stéphane; Alava, Mikko; Zapperi, Stefano; La Porta, Caterina A M
2016 in PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA (NATL ACAD SCIENCES)
ISSN: 0027-8424

Thermodynamics of emergent magnetic charge screening in artificial spin ice

Farhan, Alan; Scholl, Andreas; Petersen, Charlotte F.; Anghinolfi, Luca; Wuth, Clemens; Dhuey, Scott; Chopdekar, Rajesh V.; Mellado, Paula; Alava, Mikko J.; Van Dijken, Sebastiaan
2016 in NATURE COMMUNICATIONS (NATURE PUBLISHING GROUP)
ISSN: 2041-1723

Interevent Correlations from Avalanches Hiding Below the Detection Threshold

Janicevic, Sanja; Laurson, Lasse; Måløy, Knut Jørgen; Santucci, Stephane; Alava, Mikko
2016 in PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS (AMERICAN PHYSICAL SOC)
ISSN: 0031-9007

Predicting sample lifetimes in creep fracture of heterogeneous materials

Koivisto, Juha; Ovaska, Markus; Miksic, Amandine; Laurson, Lasse; Alava, Mikko J.
2016 in PHYSICAL REVIEW E (AMER PHYSICAL SOC)
ISSN: 1539-3755

Path (un)predictability of two interacting cracks in polycarbonate sheets using Digital Image Correlation

Koivisto, Juha; Dalbe, M. J.; Alava, M. J.; Santucci, S.
2016 in SCIENTIFIC REPORTS (NATURE PUBLISHING GROUP)
ISSN: 2045-2322

Glassy features of crystal plasticity

Lehtinen, Arttu; Costantini, Giulio; Alava, Mikko J.; Zapperi, Stefano; Laurson, Lasse
2016 in PHYSICAL REVIEW B (AMER PHYSICAL SOC)
ISSN: 1098-0121

Multiscale modeling of dislocation-precipitate interactions in Fe From molecular dynamics to discrete dislocations

Lehtinen, Arttu; Granberg, Fredric; Laurson, Lasse; Nordlund, Kai; Alava, Mikko
2016 in PHYSICAL REVIEW E (AMER PHYSICAL SOC)
ISSN: 1539-3755

Collective dynamics of dislocations interacting with mobile solute atoms

Ovaska, Markus; Paananen, Topi; Laurson, Lasse; Alava, Mikko J.
2016 in JOURNAL OF STATISTICAL MECHANICS: THEORY AND EXPERIMENT (IOP PUBLISHING LTD)
ISSN: 1742-5468

Stick-Slip Control in Nanoscale Boundary Lubrication by Surface Wettability

Chen, Wei; Foster, Adam S.; Alava, Mikko J.; Laurson, Lasse
2015 in PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS (AMERICAN PHYSICAL SOC)
ISSN: 0031-9007

Repulsion and Attraction between a Pair of Cracks in a Plastic Sheet

Dalbe, Marie-Julie; Koivisto, Juha; Vanel, Loic; Miksic, Amandine; Ramos, Osvanny; Alava, Mikko; Santucci, Stephane
2015 in PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS (AMERICAN PHYSICAL SOC)
ISSN: 0031-9007

Avalanches in 2D dislocation systems without applied stresses

Janicevic, S.; Ovaska, Markus; Alava, Mikko J.; Laurson, Lasse
2015 in JOURNAL OF STATISTICAL MECHANICS: THEORY AND EXPERIMENT (IOP PUBLISHING LTD)

Apparent wall slip in non-Brownian hard-sphere suspensions

Korhonen, Marko; Mohtaschemi, Mikael; Puisto, Antti; Illa, Xavier; Alava, Mikko J.
2015 in European Physical Journal E (SPRINGER)
ISSN: 1292-8941

Osmotic stress affects functional properties of human melanoma cell lines

La Porta, C.A.M.; Ghilardi, A.; Pasini, M.; Laurson, Lasse; Alava, M.J.; Zapperi, S.; Ben Amar, M.
2015 in EUROPEAN PHYSICAL JOURNAL PLUS (Springer Science + Business Media)

Local search methods based on variable focusing for random K-satisfiability

Lemoy, Remi; Alava, Mikko; Aurell, Erik
2015 in PHYSICAL REVIEW E (AMER PHYSICAL SOC)
ISSN: 2470-0045

Friction control with nematic lubricants via external fields

Manzato, Claudio; Foster, Adam S.; Alava, Mikko J.; Laurson, Lasse
2015 in PHYSICAL REVIEW E (AMER PHYSICAL SOC)
ISSN: 2470-0045

The random loading problem in fuse networks

Manzato, Claudio; Janicevic, Sanja; Alava, Mikko J.
2015 in EUROPEAN PHYSICAL JOURNAL B (SPRINGER)
ISSN: 1434-6028

Thermal conductivity of wood: effect of fatigue treatment

Mauranen, A.; Ovaska, M.; Koivisto, J.; Salminen, L.I.; Alava, M.
2015 in WOOD SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY (Springer Verlag)
ISSN: 0043-7719

Avalanches in Wood Compression

Mäkinen, T.; Miksic, Amandine; Ovaska, Markus; Alava, Mikko J.
2015 in PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS (AMERICAN PHYSICAL SOC)
ISSN: 0031-9007

Quenched pinning and collective dislocation dynamics

Ovaska, Markus; Laurson, Lasse; Alava, Mikko J.
2015 in SCIENTIFIC REPORTS (NATURE PUBLISHING GROUP)
ISSN: 2045-2322

Joint modeling of thermal creep and radiation damage interaction with gas permeability and release dynamics: The role of percolation

Ovaska, M; Alava, MJ
2015 in PHYSICA A: STATISTICAL MECHANICS AND ITS APPLICATIONS (Elsevier Science B.V.)
ISSN: 0378-4371

Dynamic hysteresis in the rheology of complex fluids

Puisto, A; Mohtaschemi, M; Alava, MJ; Illa, X
2015 in PHYSICAL REVIEW E (AMER PHYSICAL SOC)
ISSN: 1539-3755

Crackling noise in plasticity

Alava, M.J.; Laurson, L.; Zapperi, S.
2014 in EUROPEAN PHYSICAL JOURNAL: SPECIAL TOPICS (Springer Verlag)
ISSN: 1951-6355

Boundary lubrication with a liquid crystal monolayer

Chen, W.; Kulju, S.; Foster, A.S.; Alava, M.J.; Laurson, L.
2014 in PHYSICAL REVIEW E (AMER PHYSICAL SOC)
ISSN: 1539-3755

Mobility-dependent selection of competing strategy associations

Dobrinevski, Alexander; Alava, Mikko; Reichenbach, Tobias; Frey, Erwin
2014 in PHYSICAL REVIEW E (AMER PHYSICAL SOC)
ISSN: 1539-3755

Avalanches in 2D Dislocation Systems: Plastic Yielding Is Not Depinning

Ispanovity, P.D.; Laurson, L.; Zaiser, M.; Groma, I.; Zapperi, S.; Alava, M.J.
2014 in PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS (AMERICAN PHYSICAL SOC)
ISSN: 0031-9007

Damage accumulation in quasi-brittle fracture

Manzato, C.; Alava, M.J.; Zapperi, S.
2014 in PHYSICAL REVIEW E (AMER PHYSICAL SOC)
ISSN: 1539-3755

The vane method and kinetic modeling: shear rheology of nanofibrillated cellulose suspensions

Mohtaschemi, Mikael; Sorvari, Anni; Puisto, Antti; Nuopponen, Markus; Seppälä, Jukka; Alava, Mikko J.
2014 in CELLULOSE (SPRINGER)
ISSN: 0969-0239

Rheological characterization of fibrillated cellulose suspensions via bucket vane viscometer

Mohtaschemi, Mikael; Dimic-Misic, K.; Puisto, A.; Korhonen, M.; Maloney, T.; Paltakari, J.; Alava, M.J.
2014 in CELLULOSE (SPRINGER)
ISSN: 0969-0239

Rheology dynamics of aggregating colloidal suspensions

Mohtaschemi, M.; Puisto, A.; Illa, X.; Alava, M.J.
2014 in SOFT MATTER (ROYAL SOC CHEMISTRY)
ISSN: 1744-683X

Ground Wood Fiber Length Distributions

Salminen, Lauri I.; Liukkonen, Sari; Alava, Mikko J.
2014 in Bioresources (NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIV DEPT WOOD & PAPER SCI)

Financial interaction networks inferred from traded volumes

Zeng, H.-L.; Lemoy, R.; Alava, M.J.
2014 in JOURNAL OF STATISTICAL MECHANICS: THEORY AND EXPERIMENT (IOP PUBLISHING LTD)

Role of the sample thickness in planar crack propagation

Barai, P.; Nukala, P.K.V.V.; Alava, M.J.; Zapperi, S.
2013 in PHYSICAL REVIEW E (AMER PHYSICAL SOC)
ISSN: 1539-3755

The role of MFC/NFC swelling in the rheological behavior and dewatering of high consistency furnishes

Dimic-Misic, K.; Puisto, Antti; Gane, P.; Nieminen, K.; Paltakari, J.; Maloney, T.; Alava, Mikko
2013 in CELLULOSE (SPRINGER)
ISSN: 0969-0239

The influence of shear on the dewatering of high consistency nanofibrillated cellulose furnishes

Dimic-Misic, Katarina; Puisto, Antti; Paltakari, Jouni; Alava, Mikko; Maloney, Thaddeus
2013 in CELLULOSE (SPRINGER)
ISSN: 0969-0239

How important tasks are performed: peer review

Hartonen, T.; Alava, M.
2013 in SCIENTIFIC REPORTS (NATURE PUBLISHING GROUP)

Transient shear banding in time-dependent fluids

Illa, Xavier; Puisto, Antti; Lehtinen, Arttu; Mohtaschemi, Mikael; Alava, Mikko J.
2013 in PHYSICAL REVIEW E (AMER PHYSICAL SOC)
ISSN: 1539-3755

Evolution of the average avalanche shape with the universality class

Laurson, L.; Illa, X.; Santucci, S.; Tallakstad, K.-T.; Maloy, K.J.; Alava, M.J.
2013 in NATURE COMMUNICATIONS (NATURE PUBLISHING GROUP)

Transient shear banding in viscoelastic Maxwell fluids

Lehtinen, A.; Mohtaschemi, M.; Puisto, A.; Illa, X.; Alava, M.J.
2013 in SOFT MATTER (ROYAL SOC CHEMISTRY)
ISSN: 1744-683X

Evolution of grain contacts in a granular sample under creep and stress relaxation

Miksic, Amandine; Alava, Mikko
2013 in PHYSICAL REVIEW E (AMER PHYSICAL SOC)
ISSN: 1539-3755

Effect of fatigue and annual rings' orientation on mechanical properties of wood under cross-grain uniaxial compression

Miksic, A.; Myntti, M.; Koivisto, J.; Salminen, L.; Alava, M.
2013 in WOOD SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY (Springer Verlag)
ISSN: 0043-7719

Witness of unsatisfiability for a random 3-satisfiability formula

Wu, Lu-Lu; Zhou, Hai-Jun; Alava, Mikko; Aurell, Erik; Orponen, Pekka
2013 in PHYSICAL REVIEW E (AMER PHYSICAL SOC)
ISSN: 1539-3755

Maximum likelihood reconstruction for Ising Models with Asynchronous Updates

Zeng, Hong-Li; Alava, Mikko; Aurell, Erik; Hertz, John; Roudi, Yasser
2013 in PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS (AMERICAN PHYSICAL SOC)
ISSN: 0031-9007

Droplet spreading and pinning on heterogeneous substrates

Alava, M.J.; Dube, M.
2012 in PHYSICAL REVIEW E (AMER PHYSICAL SOC)
ISSN: 1063-651X

Dynamic hysteresis in cyclic deformation of crystalline solids

Laurson, L.; Alava, M.J.
2012 in PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS (AMERICAN PHYSICAL SOC)
ISSN: 0031-9007

Fracture Strength of Disordered Media: Universality, Interactions, and Tail Asymptotics

Manzato, C.; Shekhawat, A.; Nukala, P.K.V.V.; Alava, M.J.; Sethna, J.P.; Zapperi, S.
2012 in PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS (AMERICAN PHYSICAL SOC)
ISSN: 0031-9007

Algorithms for Self-Organized Resource Allocation in Wireless Networks

Peltomaki, Matti; Koljonen, Juha-Matti; Tirkkonen, Olav; Alava, Mikko
2012 in IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON VEHICULAR TECHNOLOGY (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.)
ISSN: 0018-9545

Worm spreading with immunization: An interplay of spreading and immunity time scales

Peltomaki, Matti; Ovaska, Markus; Alava, Mikko
2012 in PHYSICA A: STATISTICAL MECHANICS AND ITS APPLICATIONS (Elsevier Science B.V.)
ISSN: 0378-4371

Modeling the viscosity and aggregation of suspensions of highly anisotropic nanoparticles

Puisto, A.; Illa, X.; Mohtaschemi, M.; Alava, M.J.
2012 in European Physical Journal E (SPRINGER)
ISSN: 1292-8941

Modeling the rheology of nanocellulose suspensions

Puisto, Antti; Illa Tortos, Xavier; Mohtaschemi, Mikael; Alava, Mikko
2012 in NORDIC PULP AND PAPER RESEARCH JOURNAL (AB SVENSK PAPPERSTIDNING)
ISSN: 0283-2631

Patterns, Entropy, and Predictability of Human Mobility and Life

Qin, S.-M.; Verkasalo, H.; Mohtaschemi, M.; Hartonen, T.; Alava, M.
2012 in PLOS ONE (PUBLIC LIBRARY SCIENCE)

Spatial fluctuations in transient creep deformation

Laurson, L.; Rosti, J.; Koivisto, J.; Miksic, A.; Alava, M.J.
2011 in JOURNAL OF STATISTICAL MECHANICS: THEORY AND EXPERIMENT (IOP PUBLISHING LTD)

Statistical properties of low cycle fatigue in paper

Miksic, A.; Koivisto, J.; Alava, M.J.
2011 in JOURNAL OF STATISTICAL MECHANICS: THEORY AND EXPERIMENT (IOP PUBLISHING LTD)

Minor magnetization loops in two-dimensional dipolar Ising model

Sarjala, M.; Seppälä, E.T.; Alava, M.J.
2011 in PHYSICA B: CONDENSED MATTER (Elsevier Science B.V.)
ISSN: 0921-4526

Network inference using asynchronously updated kinetic Ising Model

Zeng, Hong-Li; Aurell, Erik; Alava, Mikko; Mahmoudi, Hamed
2011 in PHYSICAL REVIEW E (AMER PHYSICAL SOC)
ISSN: 1539-3755

Distributed Graph Coloring for Self-Organization in LTE Networks

Ahmed, Furqan; Tirkkonen, Olav; Peltomäki, Matti; Koljonen, Juha-Matti; Yu, Chia-Hao; Alava, Mikko
2010 in JOURNAL OF ELECTRICAL AND COMPUTER ENGINEERING (Hindawi Publishing Corporation)
ISSN: 2090-0147

Modifying the Wettability of Surfaces by Nanoparticles: Experiments and Modeling Using the Wenzel Law

Dong, Lei; Nypelö, Tiina; Österberg, Monika; Laine, Janne; Alava, Mikko
2010 in LANGMUIR (AMER CHEMICAL SOC)
ISSN: 0743-7463

Dynamical Correlations near Dislocation Jamming

Laurson, L.; Miguel, M.C.; Alava, M.J.
2010 in PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS (AMERICAN PHYSICAL SOC)
ISSN: 0031-9007

Relaxation of creep strain in paper

Mustalahti, Mika; Rosti, Juha; Koivisto, Juha; Alava, Mikko J.
2010 in JOURNAL OF STATISTICAL MECHANICS: THEORY AND EXPERIMENT (IOP PUBLISHING LTD)

Fracture roughness in three-dimensional beam lattice systems

Nukala, Phani K.V.V.; Barai, Pallab; Zapperi, Stefano; Alava, Mikko J.; Simunovic, Srdan
2010 in PHYSICAL REVIEW B (AMER PHYSICAL SOC)
ISSN: 1098-0121

From Brittle to Ductile Fracture in Disordered Materials

Picallo, Clara B.; Lopez, Juan M.; Zapperi, Stefano; Alava, Mikko J.
2010 in PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS (AMERICAN PHYSICAL SOC)
ISSN: 0031-9007

Fluctuations and scaling in creep deformation

Rosti, Jari; Koivisto, Juha; Laurson, Lasse; Alava, Mikko J.
2010 in PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS (AMERICAN PHYSICAL SOC)
ISSN: 0031-9007

Statistics of acoustic emission in paper fracture: precursors and criticality

Rosti, Jari; Koivisto, Juha; Alava, Mikko J.
2010 in JOURNAL OF STATISTICAL MECHANICS: THEORY AND EXPERIMENT (IOP PUBLISHING LTD)

Electrical transport properties of percolating random networks of carbon nanotube bundles

Seppälä, S.; Häkkinen, E.; Alava, Mikko J.; Ermolov, Vladimir; Seppälä, Eira T.
2010 in EPL (IOP Publishing Ltd.)
ISSN: 0295-5075

Cusps, self-organization, and absorbing states

Alava, Mikko; Bonachela, Juan A.; Munoz, Miguel
2009 in PHYSICAL REVIEW E (AMER PHYSICAL SOC)

The effect of thresholding on temporal avalanche statistics

Laurson, Lasse; Illa, Xavier; Alava, Mikko J.
2009 in JOURNAL OF STATISTICAL MECHANICS: THEORY AND EXPERIMENT (IOP PUBLISHING LTD)

Characterizing spatiotemporal patterns in three-state lattice models

Peltomäki, Matti; Rost, M.; Alava, Mikko
2009 in JOURNAL OF STATISTICAL MECHANICS: THEORY AND EXPERIMENT (IOP PUBLISHING LTD)

Optimization and plasticity in disordered media

Picallo, Clara B.; Lopez, Juan M.; Zapperi, Stefano; Alava, Mikko
2009 in PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS (AMERICAN PHYSICAL SOC)
ISSN: 0031-9007

Crackling noise and its dynamics in fracture of of disordered media

Rosti, Jari; Illa, Xavier; Koivisto, Juha; Alava, Mikko J.
2009 in Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics (IOP PUBLISHING LTD)

Role of disorder in the size scaling of material strength

Alava, Mikko J.; Nukala, Phani K.V.V.; Zapperi, Stefano
2008 in PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS (AMERICAN PHYSICAL SOC)
ISSN: 0031-9007

Comment on “Self-organized criticality and absorbing states: Lessons from the Ising model”

Alava, Mikko J.; Laurson, Lasse; Vespignani, Alessandro; Zapperi, Stefano
2008 in PHYSICAL REVIEW E (AMER PHYSICAL SOC)

Anomalous Roughness of Fracture Surfaces in 2D Fuse Models

Alava, M.; Nukala, P.K.; Zapperi, S.; Simunovic, S.
2008 in INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF FRACTURE (Springer Netherlands)

Circumspect descent prevails in solving random constraint satisfaction problems

Alava, Mikko; Ardelius, John; Aurell, Erik; Kaski, Petteri; Krishnamurthy, Supriya; Orponen, Pekka
2008 in PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA (NATL ACAD SCIENCES)

First excitations in two and three-dimensional random-field Ising systems

Alava, M.; Zumsande, M.; Hartmann, A.K.
2008 in JSTAT 02 (NATL ACAD SCIENCES)

Size effects in statistical fracture

Alava, M.; Nukala, P.; Zapperi, S.
2008 in Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics (IOP PUBLISHING LTD)
ISSN: 0022-3727

Fracture size effects from disordered lattice models

Alava, M.; Nukala, P.K.; Zapperi, S.
2008 in INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF FRACTURE (Springer Netherlands)

A driven particle in a cloud of mobile impurities

Laurson, Lasse; Alava, M.J.
2008 in JOURNAL OF STATISTICAL MECHANICS: THEORY AND EXPERIMENT (IOP PUBLISHING LTD)

Material yielding and irreversible deformation mediated by dislocation motion

Miguel, M.-C.; Laurson, Lasse; Alava, M.J.
2008 in EUROPEAN PHYSICAL JOURNAL B (SPRINGER)

Dislocation interactions mediated by grain boundaries

Moretti, Paolo; Laurson, Lasse; Alava, Mikko
2008 in JOURNAL OF STATISTICAL MECHANICS: THEORY AND EXPERIMENT (IOP PUBLISHING LTD)

Crack roughness in the two-dimensional random threshold beam model

Nukala, Phani K.V.V.; Zapperi, Stefano; Alava, Mikko J.; Šimunović, Srdan
2008 in PHYSICAL REVIEW E (AMER PHYSICAL SOC)
ISSN: 1539-3755

Three- and four-state rock-paper-scissors games with diffusion

Peltomäki, M.; Alava, M.
2008 in PHYSICAL REVIEW E (AMER PHYSICAL SOC)

Oscillations and patterns in interacting populations of two species

Peltomäki, M.; Rost, M.; Alava, M.
2008 in PHYSICAL REVIEW E (AMER PHYSICAL SOC)

Line creep in paper peeling

Rosti, J.; Koivisto, J.; Traversa, P.; Illa, X.; Grasso, J.-P.; Alava, M.J.
2008 in INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF FRACTURE (Springer Netherlands)

Dynamic hysteresis in ferroelectrics with quenched randomness

Sarjala, M.; Seppälä, E.T.; Alava, M.
2008 in Physica B (Springer Netherlands)

How materials get tired

Alava, Mikko
2007 in JOURNAL OF STATISTICAL MECHANICS: THEORY AND EXPERIMENT (IOP PUBLISHING LTD)

Fracture in three-dimensional random fuse model: recent advances through high-performance computing

Alava, M.; Nukala, P.K.; Simunovic, S.; Zapperi, S.
2007 in Journal of computer-aided materials design (ESCOM Science Publishers)
ISSN: 0928-1045

Front roughening in three-dimensional imbibition

Dube, M.; Daneault, C.; Vuorinen, V.; Alava, M.; Rost, M.
2007 in EUROPEAN PHYSICAL JOURNAL B (SPRINGER)
ISSN: 1434-6028

Creep of a fracture line in paper peeling

Koivisto, J.; Rosti, J.; Alava, M.J.
2007 in PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS (AMERICAN PHYSICAL SOC)

Effect of Disorder and Notches on Crack Roughness

Nukala, P.K.V.V.; Zapperi, S.; Alava, M.J.; Simunovic, S.
2007 in PHYSICAL REVIEW E (AMER PHYSICAL SOC)

Fluctuations in fluid invasion into disordered media

Rost, M.; Laurson, Lasse; Alava, M.J.
2007 in PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS (AMERICAN PHYSICAL SOC)

Morphology of two dimensional fracture surfaces

Alava, M.J.; Nukala, P.K.V.V.; Zapperi, S.
2006 in JOURNAL OF STATISTICAL MECHANICS: THEORY AND EXPERIMENT (IOP PUBLISHING LTD)

Physics of Paper

Alava, M.J.; Niskanen, K.J.
2006 in REPORTS ON PROGRESS IN PHYSICS (IOP Publishing Ltd.)

Statistical models of fracture

Alava, M.J.; Nukala, P.K.N.N.; Zapperi, S.
2006 in ADVANCES IN PHYSICS (Taylor and Francis Ltd.)

The electric field close to an undulating interface

Kallunki, J.; Hellen, E.K.O.; Alava, M.
2006 in JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYSICS (AIP Publishing)

1/f noise and avalanche scaling in plastic deformation

Laurson, L.; Alava, M.J.
2006 in PHYSICAL REVIEW E (AMER PHYSICAL SOC)

Correlations in Bipartite Collaboration Networks

Peltomäki, Matti; Alava, Mikko
2006 in JOURNAL OF STATISTICAL MECHANICS: THEORY AND EXPERIMENT (IOP PUBLISHING LTD)

Elastic lines on splayed columnar defects studied numerically

Petaja, V.; Sarjala, M.; Alava, M.; Rieger, H.
2006 in PHYSICAL REVIEW B (AMER PHYSICAL SOC)

Crackling noise in paper peeling

Salminen, L.I.; Pulakka, J.; Rosti, J.; Alava, M.J.; Niskanen, K.J.
2006 in Europhysics Letters (AMER PHYSICAL SOC)

Optimization in random field Ising models by quantum annealing

Sarjala, M.; Petaja, V.; Alava, M.
2006 in JSTAT (AMER PHYSICAL SOC)

Considerations of fiber and of zero-span strength statistics

Wathen, R.; Rosti, J.; Alava, M.; Salminen, L.; Joutsimo, O.
2006 in NORDIC PULP AND PAPER RESEARCH JOURNAL (AB SVENSK PAPPERSTIDNING)

Complex networks created by aggregation

Alava, M.J.; Dorogovtsev, S.N.
2005 in PHYSICAL REVIEW E (AMER PHYSICAL SOC)

Ground state optimization and hysteretic demagnetization: the random-field Ising model

Alava, M.J.; Basso, V.; Colaiori, F.; Dante, L.; Durin, G.; Magni, A.; Zapperi, S.
2005 in PHYSICAL REVIEW B (AMER PHYSICAL SOC)

Fundamentals of Fluid Front Roughening in Imbibition

Dube, M.; Chabot, B.; Daneault, C.; Alava, M.
2005 in Pulp and Paper: Canada (SOUTHAM BUSINESS PUBL LTD)

Surface criticality in random field magnets.

Laurson, Lasse; Alava, Mikko
2005 in PHYSICAL REVIEW B (AMER PHYSICAL SOC)

Power spectra of self-organized critical sandpiles.

Laurson, Lasse; Alava, Mikko; Zapperi, S.
2005 in JOURNAL OF STATISTICAL MECHANICS: THEORY AND EXPERIMENT (IOP PUBLISHING LTD)

Host-parasite models on graphs

Peltomaki, Matti; Vuorinen, Ville; Alava, Mikko; Rost, Martin
2005 in PHYSICAL REVIEW E (AMER PHYSICAL SOC)

Damage growth in random fuse networks

Reurings, F.; Alava, M.J.
2005 in EUROPEAN PHYSICAL JOURNAL B (SPRINGER)

Focused local search for random 3-satisfiability.

Seitz, Sakari; Alava, Mikko; Orponen, Pekka
2005 in Journal od Statistical Mechanics: Theory and Experiment (SPRINGER)

Imbibition in Disordered Media

Alava, Mikko; Dube, Martin; Rost, Martin
2004 in ADVANCES IN PHYSICS (Taylor and Francis Ltd.)

Balancing dissipation and drive: symmetry violations in interfaces and sandpiles.

Alava, M.J.; Chattopadhyay, A.Kr.
2004 in PHYSICAL REVIEW E (AMER PHYSICAL SOC)

Comment on “Roughness of Interfacial Crack Fronts: Stress-Weighted Percolation in the Damage Zone”

Alava, Mikko; Zapperi, Stefano
2004 in PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS (AMERICAN PHYSICAL SOC)

Verkostoja ja ilmiöitä verkostoissa

Alava, Mikko
2004 in ARKHIMEDES (AMERICAN PHYSICAL SOC)

Fluctuations and correlations in sandpiles and interfaces with boundary pinning

Alava, Mikko; Chattopadhyay, A.Kr.
2004 in PHYSICAL REVIEW E (AMER PHYSICAL SOC)
ISSN: 1539-3755

Phase Transitions in a Disordered system in and out of Equilibrium

Colaiori, F.; Alava, M.J.; Durin, G.; Magni, A.; Zapperi, S.
2004 in PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS (AMERICAN PHYSICAL SOC)

Local waiting times in critical systems

Laurson, L.; Alava, M.
2004 in EUROPEAN PHYSICAL JOURNAL B (SPRINGER)

No Self-similar Aggregates with Sedimentation

Peltomaki, M.; Hellen, E.K.O.; Alava, M.J.
2004 in JOURNAL OF STATISTICAL MECHANICS: THEORY AND EXPERIMENT (IOP PUBLISHING LTD)

Entanglement transition of elastic lines in a strongly disordered environment

Petaja, Viljo; Alava, Mikko; Rieger, Heiko
2004 in Europhysics Letters (IOP PUBLISHING LTD)

Domain walls in random field Ising magnets: wetting

Seppala, E.T.; Alava, M.J.; Sillanpaa, I.J.
2004 in JOURNAL OF MAGNETISM AND MAGNETIC MATERIALS (Elsevier Science B.V.)

Clustering in complex networks

Szabo, G.; Alava, M.; Kertesz, J.
2004 in LECTURE NOTES IN PHYSICS (Springer Verlag)

Networks in metapopulation dynamics

Vuorinen, V.; Peltomaki, M.; Rost, M.; Alava, M.
2004 in EUROPEAN PHYSICAL JOURNAL B (SPRINGER)

Percolation fractal dimension in scattering line shapes of the random-field Ising model

Ye, F.; Matsuda, M.; Katano, S.; Yoshizawa, H.; Belanger, D.P.; Seppala, Eira T.; Fernandez-Baca, J.A.; Alava, Mikko J.
2004 in JOURNAL OF MAGNETISM AND MAGNETIC MATERIALS (Elsevier Science B.V.)

Is demagnetization an efficient optimization method?

Zapperi, S.; Colaiori, F.; Dante, L.; Basso, V.; Durin, G.; Magni, A.; Alava, M.J.
2004 in JOURNAL OF MAGNETISM AND MAGNETIC MATERIALS (Elsevier Science B.V.)
ISSN: 0304-8853

Transport on percolation clusters with power-law distributed bond strengths: when do blobs matter?

Alava, M.; Moukarzel, C.
2003 in PHYSICAL REVIEW E (AMER PHYSICAL SOC)

Elastic manifolds in disordered environments: energy statistics

Kytola, K.P; Seppala, E.T; Alava, Mikko J.
2003 in Europhysics Letters (AMER PHYSICAL SOC)

Temporal and spatial persistence of combustion fronts in paper

Merikoski, J.; Maunuksela, J.; Myllys, M.; Timonen, J.; Alava, M. J.
2003 in PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS (AMERICAN PHYSICAL SOC)
ISSN: 0031-9007

Analysis of Long Crack Lines in Paper Webs

Salminen, Lauri I.; Alava, M.J.; Niskanen, K.J.
2003 in EUROPEAN PHYSICAL JOURNAL B (SPRINGER)

Geometry of minimum spanning trees on scale-free networks.

Szabo, Gabor; Alava, Mikko; Kertesz, J.
2003 in Physica A (SPRINGER)

Structural transitions in scale-free networks

Szabo, G.; Alava, Mikko J.; Kertesz, J.
2003 in PHYSICAL REVIEW E (AMER PHYSICAL SOC)

Interface depinning versus absorbing-state phase transitions

Alava, Mikko; Munoz, Miguel Angelo
2002 in PHYSICAL REVIEW E (AMER PHYSICAL SOC)

Scaling in self-organized criticality from interface depinning?

Alava, Mikko
2002 in JOURNAL OF PHYSICS: CONDENSED MATTER (IOP PUBLISHING LTD)

Cluster persistence in one-dimensional diffusion-limited cluster-cluster aggregation

Hellén, E.K.O.; Salmi, P.E.; Alava, M. J.
2002 in PHYSICAL REVIEW E (AMER PHYSICAL SOC)
ISSN: 1539-3755

Particle Survival and Polydispersity in Aggregation

Hellén, E.K.O.; Salmi, P.E.; Alava, M.J.
2002 in Europhysics Letters (AMER PHYSICAL SOC)

Diffusion through fiber networks

Hellén, E.K.O.; Ketoja, J.A.; Niskanen, K.J.; Alava, M.J.
2002 in JOURNAL OF PULP AND PAPER SCIENCE (Pulp and Paper Technical Association of Canada)

Persistence in Cluster-Cluster Aggregation

Hellén, E.K.O.; Alava, M.J.
2002 in PHYSICAL REVIEW E (AMER PHYSICAL SOC)

Low temperature properties of the random field Potts chain

Paul, R.; Alava, Mikko; Rieger, Heiko
2002 in EUROPEAN PHYSICAL JOURNAL B (SPRINGER)

Simulation of network shrinkage

Salminen, L.I.; Alava, M.J.; Heyden, S.; Gustafsson, P.-J.; Niskanen, K.J.
2002 in NORDIC PULP AND PAPER RESEARCH JOURNAL (AB SVENSK PAPPERSTIDNING)

Acoustic emission from paper fracture

Salminen, L.I.; Tolvanen, A.I.; Alava, M.J.
2002 in PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS (AMERICAN PHYSICAL SOC)

Percolation in three-dimensional random field Ising magnets

Seppälä, Eira T.; Pulkkinen, A. M.; Alava, M. J.
2002 in PHYSICAL REVIEW B (AMER PHYSICAL SOC)
ISSN: 0163-1829

Shortest paths and load scaling in scale-free trees

Szabo, G.; Alava, M.; Kertesz, J.
2002 in PHYSICAL REVIEW E (AMER PHYSICAL SOC)

Self-organized criticality in the Kardar-Parisi-Zhang-equation

Szabo, G.; Alava, M.; Kertesz, J.
2002 in Europhysics Letters (AMER PHYSICAL SOC)

Quenched noise and over-active sites in sandpile dynamics

Alava, M.J.; Lauritsen, K.B.
2001 in Europhysics Letters (AMER PHYSICAL SOC)

Critical behavior of a one-dimensional fixed-energy stochastic sandpile

Dickman, R.; Alava, M.; Muños, M.A.; Peltola, J.; Vespignani, A.; Zapperi, S.
2001 in PHYSICAL REVIEW E (AMER PHYSICAL SOC)

Comment on Pipe Network Model for Scaling of Dynamic Interfaces in Porous Media

Dube, M.; Rost, M.; Elder, K.E.; Alava, M.; Majaniemi, S.; Ala-Nissila, T.
2001 in PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS (AMERICAN PHYSICAL SOC)

Interface pinning in spontaneous imbibition

Dube, M.; Majaniemi, S.; Rost, M.; Alava, MJ; Elder, KR; Ala-Nissilä, Tapio
2001 in PHYSICAL REVIEW E (AMER PHYSICAL SOC)
ISSN: 1063-651X

Disorder Induced Roughening Transition of many Elastic Lines in a Periodic Potential

Knetter, T.; Schröder, G.; Alava, M.J.; Rieger, H.
2001 in Europhysics Letters (AMER PHYSICAL SOC)

Kinetic Roughening in Slow Combustion of Paper

Myllys, M.; Maunuksela, J.; Alava, M.; Ala-Nissila, T.; Merikoski, J.; Timonen, J.
2001 in PHYSICAL REVIEW E (AMER PHYSICAL SOC)

Ground-States of Two Directed Polymers

Petäjä, V.; Alava, M.J.; Rieger, H.
2001 in International Journal of Modern Physics: Computers in Physics (World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte Ltd)

Pinning of Cracks in Two-dimensional Disordered Media

Rosti, J.; Salminen, L.I.; Seppälä, E.T.; Alava, Mikko J.; Niskanen, K.J.
2001 in EUROPEAN PHYSICAL JOURNAL B (SPRINGER)

Ground States versus Low-temperature Equilibria in Random Field Ising Chains

Schröder, G.; Knetter, T.; Alava, Mikko J.; Rieger, H.
2001 in EUROPEAN PHYSICAL JOURNAL B (SPRINGER)

Extremal statistics in the energetics of domain walls

Seppälä, Eira T.; Alava, M.J.; Duxbury, P.M.
2001 in PHYSICAL REVIEW E (AMER PHYSICAL SOC)

Energy landscapes, lowest gaps, and susceptibility of elastic manifolds at zero temperature

Seppälä, Eira T.; Alava, M.J.
2001 in EUROPEAN PHYSICAL JOURNAL B (SPRINGER)

Intermittence and roughening of periodic elastic media

Seppälä, Eira T.; Alava, M.J.; Duxbury, P.M.
2001 in PHYSICAL REVIEW E (AMER PHYSICAL SOC)

Susceptibility and percolation in two-dimensional random field Ising magnets

Seppälä, Eira T.; Alava, M.J.
2001 in PHYSICAL REVIEW E (AMER PHYSICAL SOC)

Mapping a depinning transition to polynuclear growth

Szabo, G.; Alava, M.J.
2001 in Physica A (AMER PHYSICAL SOC)

Conserved dynamics and interface roughening in spontaneous imbibition: A phase field model

Dubé, M.; Rost, M.; Elder, K.; Alava, M.; Majaniemi, S.; Ala-Nissilä, T.
2000 in EUROPEAN PHYSICAL JOURNAL B (SPRINGER)

Dynamic scaling in one-dimensional cluster-cluster aggregation

Hellen, E.K.O.; Simula, T.P.; Alava, M.J.
2000 in PHYSICAL REVIEW E (AMER PHYSICAL SOC)

Multilayer cooperative sequential adsorption

Hellén, E.K.O.; Szelestey, P.; Alava, M.J.
2000 in JOURNAL OF STATISTICAL PHYSICS (Springer New York)

Scaling and noise in slow combustion of paper

Myllys, M.; Maunuksela, J.; Alava, M.J.; Ala-Nissilä, T.; Timonen, J.
2000 in PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS (AMERICAN PHYSICAL SOC)

Reply to the comment of Kärenlampi

Niskanen, K.J.; Alava, M.J
2000 in JOURNAL OF PULP AND PAPER SCIENCE (Pulp and Paper Technical Association of Canada)

Fiber deposition models in two and three spatial dimensions

Provatas, N.; Haataja, M.; Asikainen, J.; Majaniemi, S.; Alava, M.; Ala-Nissilä, T.
2000 in Colloids and Surfaces A (Pulp and Paper Technical Association of Canada)

Periodic elastic medium in which periodicity is relevant,

Seppälä, E.T.; Alava, M.J.; Duxbury, P.M
2000 in PHYSICAL REVIEW E (AMER PHYSICAL SOC)

Energy landscapes in random systems, driven interfaces, and wetting

Seppälä, E.T.; Alava, M.J.
2000 in PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS (AMERICAN PHYSICAL SOC)

Scaling of interfaces in brittle fracture and perfect plasticity

Seppälä, E.T.; Räisänen, V.I.; Alava, M.J.
2000 in PHYSICAL REVIEW E (AMER PHYSICAL SOC)

Elasticity of Poissonian fiber networks

Åström, Jan A.; Mäkinen, J. P.; Alava, M. J.; Timonen, J.
2000 in PHYSICAL REVIEW E (AMER PHYSICAL SOC)
ISSN: 1063-651X

Roughening of a propagating planar crack front

Åström, J.A.; Alava, M.J.; Timonen, J.
2000 in PHYSICAL REVIEW E (AMER PHYSICAL SOC)

Liquid conservation and nonlocal interface dynamics in imbition

Dubé, M.; Rost, M.; Elder, K.R.; Alava, M.; Majaniemi, S.; Ala-Nissila, T.
1999 in PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS (AMERICAN PHYSICAL SOC)

Kardar-Parisi-Zhang scaling in kinetic roughening of fire fronts

Maunuksela, J.; Myllys, M.; Timonen, J.; Alava, M.J.; Ala-Nissila, T.
1999 in Physica A (AMERICAN PHYSICAL SOC)

Fracture energy in fiber and bond failure

Niskanen, K.J.; Alava, M.J.; Seppälä, E.T.; Åström, J.
1999 in JOURNAL OF PULP AND PAPER SCIENCE (Pulp and Paper Technical Association of Canada)

Chaos in the random field Ising model

Alava, M.; Rieger, H.
1998 in PHYSICAL REVIEW E (AMER PHYSICAL SOC)

Permeability of three-dimensional random fiber webs

Koponen, A.; Kandhai, D.; Hellén, E.; Alava, M.; Hoekstra, A.; Kataja, M.; Niskanen, K.; Sloot, P.; Timonen, J.
1998 in PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS (AMERICAN PHYSICAL SOC)

Statistical variation of paper strength

Korteoja, M.J.; Salminen, L.I.; Niskanen, K.J.; Alava, M.J.
1998 in JOURNAL OF PULP AND PAPER SCIENCE (Pulp and Paper Technical Association of Canada)

Strength distribution in paper

Korteoja, M.J.; Salminen, L.I.; Niskanen, K.J.; Alava, M.J.
1998 in Materials Science and Engineering (Pulp and Paper Technical Association of Canada)
ISSN: 0025-5416

A comparison of two test methods for estimating the fracture energy of paper

Kärenlampi, P.; Cichoracki, T.; Alava, M.; Pylkkö, J.; Paulapuro, H.
1998 in TAPPI JOURNAL (TECH ASSOC PULP PAPER IND INC)

Comment on "kinetic roughening in slow combustion of paper" - Maunuksela et al reply

Maunuksela, J.; Myllys, M.; Timonen, J; Kuittu, M.; Ala-Nissilä, Tapio; Alava, MJ; Provatas, N.
1998 in PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS (AMERICAN PHYSICAL SOC)
ISSN: 0031-9007

Reply to the comment of Makse and Amaral

Maunuksela, J.; Myllys, J.; Timonen, J.; Ala-Nissilä, T.; Kuittu, M.; Alava, M.J.; Provatas, N.
1998 in PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS (AMERICAN PHYSICAL SOC)

Fracture of three-dimensional fuse networks with quenched disorder

Räisänen, V.I.; Alava, M.J.; Nieminen, R.M.
1998 in PHYSICAL REVIEW B (AMER PHYSICAL SOC)

Quasistatic Cracks and Minimal Energy Surfaces

Räisänen, V.I.; Seppälä, E.T.; Alava, M.J.; Duxbury, P.M.
1998 in PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS (AMERICAN PHYSICAL SOC)

Disorder, order, and domain wall roughening in the two-dimensional random field Ising model

Seppälä, Eira T.; Petäjä, V.; Alava, M. J.
1998 in PHYSICAL REVIEW E (AMER PHYSICAL SOC)
ISSN: 1063-651X

Kinetic roughening in fiber deposition

Vinnurva, J.; Alava, M.; Ala-Nissilä, T.; Krug, J.
1998 in PHYSICAL REVIEW E (AMER PHYSICAL SOC)

Crack dynamics and crack surfaces in elastic beam lattices

Åström, J.; Alava, M.; Timonen, J.
1998 in PHYSICAL REVIEW E (AMER PHYSICAL SOC)

Porous structure of thick fiber webs

Hellen, E.K.O.; Alava, M.J.; Niskanen, K.J.
1997 in JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYSICS (AIP Publishing)

Kinetic roughening in slow combustion of paper

Maunuksela, J.; Myllys, M.; Timonen, J.; Kähkönen, O.-P.; Provatas, N.; Alava, M.J.; Ala-Nissilä, T.
1997 in PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS (AMERICAN PHYSICAL SOC)

Structural properties of disordered fibre networks

Provatas, N.; Haataja, M.; Seppälä, E.; Majaniemi, S.; Alava, M.; Ala-Nissilä, T.
1997 in PHYSICA A: STATISTICAL MECHANICS AND ITS APPLICATIONS (Elsevier Science B.V.)
ISSN: 0378-4371

Growth, percolation, and correlations in disordered fiber networks

Provatas, N.; Haataja, M.; Seppälä, E.; Majaniemi, S.; Åström, J.; Alava, M.; Ala-Nissilä, T.
1997 in JOURNAL OF STATISTICAL PHYSICS (Springer New York)

Dynamics of fracture in dissipative systems

Rautiainen, T.; Alava, M.J.; Kaski, K.
1997 in PHYSICAL REVIEW E (AMER PHYSICAL SOC)

The effect of a reinforcement fiber on network mechanics

Räisänen, V.I.; Heyden, S.; Gustafsson, P.-J.; Alava, M.J.; Niskanen, K.J.
1997 in Nordic Journal of Pulp and Paper Science (AMER PHYSICAL SOC)

Failure of planar fiber networks

Räisänen, V.I.; Alava, M.J.; Nieminen, R.M.
1997 in JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYSICS (AIP Publishing)

Does the shear-lag model apply to random fiber networks?

Räisänen, V.I.; Alava, M.J.; Niskanen, K.J.; Nieminen, R.M.
1997 in JOURNAL OF MATERIALS RESEARCH (MATERIALS RESEARCH SOCIETY)

Propagation and kinetic roughening of wave fronts in disordered lattices

Åström, Jan; Kellomäki, Markku; Alava, Mikko; Timonen, Jussi
1997 in PHYSICAL REVIEW E (AMER PHYSICAL SOC)
ISSN: 1063-651X

Disorder-induced roughening in the three-dimensional ising model

Alava, M.J.; Duxbury, P.M.
1996 in PHYSICAL REVIEW E (AMER PHYSICAL SOC)

The effect of pulp fiber properties on the in-plane tearing work of paper

Kärenlampi, P.P.; Suur-Hamari, H.T.; Alava, M.; Niskanen, K.J.
1996 in TAPPI JOURNAL (TECH ASSOC PULP PAPER IND INC)

Stochastic analysis of paper fracture touchness

Niskanen, K.J.; Kärenlampi, P.; Alava, M.J.
1996 in JOURNAL OF PULP AND PAPER SCIENCE (Pulp and Paper Technical Association of Canada)

Density correlations in paper

Provatas, N.; Alava, M.J.; Ala-Nissilä, T.
1996 in PHYSICAL REVIEW E (AMER PHYSICAL SOC)

Residual stresses in random plastic systems

Alava, M.J.; Karttunen, M.E.J.; Niskanen, K.J.
1995 in Europhysics Letters (AMER PHYSICAL SOC)

Dissipative dynamic fracture of disordered systems

Kaski, Kimmo; Rautiainen, T.T.; Alava, M.J.
1995 in PHYSICAL REVIEW E (AMER PHYSICAL SOC)

Growth and structure of Random fibre clusters and cluster networks

Provatas, N.; Ala-Nissilä, T.; Alava, M.J.
1995 in PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS (AMERICAN PHYSICAL SOC)

The role of Alfven resonance at ion cyclotron plasma heating on small aspect ration tokamaks

Alava, M.; Heikkinen, J.; Pavlov, I.; Scherbinin, O.
1994 in TECHNICAL PHYSICS (Maik Nauka-Interperiodica Publishing)

On the modelling of fundamental ion cyclotron absorption by finite larmor radius wave equations

Alava, M.J.; Heikkinen, J.A.; Hellsten, T.; Pavlov, I.; Shcherbinin, O.N.
1994 in PHYSICA SCRIPTA (IOP Publishing Ltd.)

On the Origin of Parasitic Modes in Numerical Modelling of Wave Propagation in Plasmas

Alava, M.; Heikkinen, J.; Hellsten, T.
1994 in JOURNAL OF COMPUTATIONAL PHYSICS (Academic Press Inc.)

Monte Carlo Simulation of Edge Ion Dynamics in the Presence of Collisions and a Radial Electric Field

Kurki-Suonio, T.; Alava, M.; Sipilä, S.; Heikkinen, J.
1994 in CONTRIBUTIONS TO PLASMA PHYSICS (WILEY-V C H VERLAG GMBH)

Planar random networks with flexible fibers

Niskanen, K.; Alava, M.
1994 in PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS (AMERICAN PHYSICAL SOC)

A Parameter Study of Mode Conversion at Ion-Ion Hybrid Resonances for ICRF Heating

Alava, M.; Heikkinen, J.
1992 in PHYSICA SCRIPTA (IOP Publishing Ltd.)

Analytical Solution for the Mode Conversion Equations with Steep Exponential Density Profiles

Alava, M.; Heikkinen, J.
1992 in Physics of Fluids B (IOP Publishing Ltd.)

Mode Conversion in the Vicinity of a Fast Wave Antenna in ICRF Heating

Alava, M.; Heikkinen, J.
1992 in PLASMA PHYSICS AND CONTROLLED FUSION (IOP Publishing)

On Electrostatic Coupling in ICRH at the Plasma Edge.

Alava, M.; Heikkinen, J.
1992 in CONTRIBUTIONS TO PLASMA PHYSICS (WILEY-V C H VERLAG GMBH)

Conference proceedings

Modelling and simulation of radial spruce compression to optimize energy efficiency in mechanical pulping

Moilanen, Carolina; Biörkgvist, Tomas; Ovaska, Markus; Koivisto, Juha; Miksic, Amandine; Engberg, Birgitta; Salminen, Lauri; Saarenrinne, Pentti; Alava, Mikko
2016
ISBN: 9781510830738

PRACE DECI (Distributed European Computing Initiative) Minisymposium

Johnson, Chris; Carter, Adam; Bethune, Iain; Statford, Kevin; Alava, Mikko; Cardoso, Vitor; Asif, Muhammad; Schuberth, Bernhard S.A.; Weinzierl, Tobias
2013 in Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics) (TAPPI Press)
ISBN: 9783642368028
ISSN: 0302-9743

Strain Fluctuations from DIC Technique Applied on Paper

Miksic, A.; Koivisto, J.; Rosti, J.; Alava, M.
2011 in Procedia Engineering (Elsevier Ltd. Selection)
ISSN: 1877-7058

Distributed Coordination Area Formation in Coordinated Multi-Point Transmission

Qin, Shaomeng; Yu, Chia-Hao; Tirkkonen, Olav; Alava, Mikko
2011 in IEEE Global Telecommunications Conference Globecom (Elsevier Ltd. Selection)
ISBN: 978-1-4244-9268-8
ISSN: 1930-529X

Distributed Graph Clustering for Application in Wireless Networks

Yu, Chia-Hao; Qin, Shaomeng; Alava, Mikko; Tirkkonen, Olav
2011 in Lecture Notes in Computer Science (Elsevier Ltd. Selection)
ISBN: 978-3-642-19166-4
ISSN: 0302-9743

Line Creep in Paper Peeling

Koivisto, Juha; Illa Tortos, Xavier; Rosti, Jari; Alava, Mikko
2010 in EPJ Web of Conferences (EDP SCIENCES)
ISBN: 9782759805655
ISSN: 2100-014X

Distributed Generalized Graph Coloring

Koljonen, Juha-Matti; Alava, Mikko; Peltomäki, M.; Tirkkonen, Olav
2010

Deformation, acoustic emission and ultrasound velocity during fatigue tests on paper

Miksic, A.; Koivisto, J.; Mykkänen, E.; Saarenpää, J.; Alava, M.; Mustonen, K.; Karppinen, P.; Karppinen, T.; Häggström, E.
2010 in EPJ Web of Conferences (EDP SCIENCES)
ISBN: 9782759805655
ISSN: 2100-014X

Inertia-based Distributed Channel Allocation,

Koljonen, Juha-Matti; Peltomäki, Matti; Alava, Mikko; Tirkkonen, Olav
2009

Acoustic emission or crackling noise in paper fracture

Salminen, L.I.; Rosti, J.; Alava, M.J.
2005

Threshold behaviour of WalkSAT and focused Metropolis search on random 3-satisfiability

Seitz, Sakari; Alava, Mikko; Orponen, Pekka
2005
ISBN: 3-540-26276-8
ISSN: 0302-9743

KCL-PAKKA: Simulation of the 3D structure of paper in: The fundamentals of papermaking materials

Niskanen, K.; Nilsen, K.N.; Hellen, E.; Alava, M.
1997

Elastic-plastic random fibre networks

Räisänen, V.I.; Alava, M.J.; Nieminen, R.M.; Niskanen, K.J.
1995

Non-Linear Ion Acceleration in Electrostatic Wave Fields

Alava, M.; Heikkinen, J.
1992

Mode Conversion for Fusion Relevant ICRF Heating Scenarios in JET Tokamak

Heikkinen, J.; Alava, M.
1992

Non-refereed scientific articles

Unrefereed conference proceedings

Shear Banding and Colloidal Models

Mohtaschemi, Mikael; Karppinen, Anni; Saarinen, Tapio; Puisto, Antti; Lehtinen, Arttu; Illa, Xavier; Alava, Mikko
2012
ISBN: 978-952-60-3608-3
ISSN: 1601-4057

Modifying contact angles on lignin surfaces by the application of silica nanoparticles

Dong, L.; Nypelö, T.; Österberg, M.; Laine, J.; Alava, Mikko
2010

Publications intended for professional communities

Article in professional journal

Virtual paper in a computer: a paradox?

Alava, Mikko
2001 in Scientific Computing World (Aalto ARTS Books)

Elasticity and plasticity of fiber networks

Alava, M.; Räisänen, V.; Nieminen, R.
1994 in CSC News (Aalto ARTS Books)
ISSN: 0787-7536

Published development or research report

Paperi ritisee ja repeää - sanomalehdestä tilastolliseen fysiikkaan (Paper crackles and fails - from a newspaper to statistical physics)

Alava, Mikko
2001

Strength Distribution in Paper

Korteoja, M.J.; Salminen, L.I.; Niskanen, K.J.; Alava, M.
1997

Statistival Variation of Paper Strength

Korteoja, M.J.; Salminen, L.I.; Niskanen, K.J.; Alava, M.
1997

Dynamics of Fracture in Dissipative Systems

Rautiainen, T.T.; Alava, M.J.; Kaski, K.
1997

Simulations of RF Current Drive and Interaction of Alpha Particles with Waves in Tokamaks

Alava, M.; Dumbrajs, O.; Kiviniemi, T.; Kurki-Suonio, T.; Mantsinen, M.; Rantamäki, K.; Salomaa, R.; Sipilä, S.; Heikkinen, J.; Karttunen, S.; Pättikangas, T.
1996

Investigation of the effect of Alfven resonance absorption on fast wave current drive in ITER

Alava, M.; Heikkinen, J.; Hellsten, T.
1994

Alfven Resonance Effects on Fast Wave Current Drive

Alava, M.; Heikkinen, J.A.; Hellsten, T.
1994

Alfven resonance effects on fast wave current drive

Alava, M.; Heikkinen, J.; Hellsten, T.
1994

Radial Current Across the Separatrix due to Direct Ion Orbit Loss of a Fast Ion Population

Kurki-Suonio, T.; Alava, M.; Sipilä, S.
1994

Pakka: Kuituverkoston pakkautumisen simulointimalli

Niskanen, K.; Leskelä, M.; Alava, Mikko
1994

Computer studies of elasticity and plasticity of random fiber networks

Räisänen, V.; Alava, M.; Nieminen, R.; Niskanen, K.
1994

The effect of Alfven resonance on ion cyclotron heating in ITER sized devices

Alava, M.; Heikkinen, J.; Hellsten, T.
1993

Ion heating and current drive by localized electrostatic wave structures in tokamaks

Alava, M.; Berndtson, J.; Heikkinen, J.; Karttunen, S.; Pättikangas, T.; Salomaa, R.; Sipilä, S.
1993

Minority cyclotron absorption in finite Larmor radius wave equations

Alava, M.; Heikkinen, J.; Hellsten, T.
1993

On the fundamental absorption in finite larmor radius wave equations

Alava, M.; Heikkinen, J.; Hellsten, T.
1993

The Effect of Collisions on Direct Ion Orbit Loss in the Presence of a Radial Electric Field in a Tokamak

Kurki-Suonio, T.; Alava, M.; Sipilä, S.; Heikkinen, J.
1993

The Effect of Perpendicular Electric Field on Direct Ion Orbit Loss and Confinement in Tokamaks

Kurki-Suonio, T.; Alava, M.; Heikkinen, J.
1993

Polluted Solution of Wave Propagation in One-Dimensional Hot Plasmas

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