Molecular dynamics study of the effects of voids and pressure in defect-nucleated melting simulations

Journal of Chemical Physics

Volumn 118, Issue 21, 2003, Pages 9680-9688

  Agrawal, Paras M ^a   Rice, Betsy M ^b   Thompson, Donald L ^a  

^a OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b U S ARMY RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; CRYSTAL LATTICES; HEATING; MELTING; NUCLEATION; PRESSURE EFFECTS; THERMODYNAMIC PROPERTIES;

ISOBARIC MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; LINDENMANN CRITERION; MELTING POINT; SINGLE ATOM VOIDS;

MOLECULAR DYNAMICS;

EID: 0037665238     PISSN: 00219606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.1570815     Document Type: Article

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