A dynamic atomistic-continuum method for the simulation of crystalline materials

Journal of Computational Physics

Volumn 182, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 234-261

  Weinan, E ^a,b   Huang, Zhongyi ^a,c  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Atomistic continuum method; Crack propagation; Dislocation; Frictions; Molecular dynamics; Phonons

Indexed keywords

CONTINUUM MECHANICS; CRACK PROPAGATION; CRYSTALLINE MATERIALS; FRICTION; INTERFACES (MATERIALS); PHONONS;

ATOMISTIC MODELLING; ATOMISTIC-CONTINUUM METHOD; ATOMISTICS; CONTINUUM METHOD; CONTINUUM MODEL; CRACKS PROPAGATION; DEFECT DYNAMICS; DISLOCATION; INTERFACE DYNAMIC; INTERFACE MODELING;

MOLECULAR DYNAMICS;

EID: 0037058026     PISSN: 00219991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jcph.2002.7164     Document Type: Article

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