Molecular dynamics simulation of crack propagation in fcc materials containing clusters of impurities

Mechanics of Materials

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 243-252

  Rafii Tabar, H ^a   Shodja, H M ^b   Darabi, M ^b   Dahi, A ^c  

^a INSTITUTE FOR STUDIES IN THEORETICAL PHYSICS AND MATHEMATICS IPM   (Iran)

^b SHARIF UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

^c The University of Texas at Austin   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; EQUATIONS OF MOTION; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR ORIENTATION;

FCC STRUCTURE; FINNIS-SINCLAIR POTENTIALS; NANOSCALE CLUSTERS;

CRACK PROPAGATION;

EID: 27944494373     PISSN: 01676636     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mechmat.2005.06.006     Document Type: Article

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