Role of lattice discreteness on brittle fracture: Atomistic simulations versus analytical models

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 73, Issue 10, 2006, Pages

  Ippolito, Mariella ^a   Mattoni, Alessandro ^a   Colombo, Luciano ^a   Pugno, Nicola ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAGLIARI   (Italy)

^b POLITECNICO DI TORINO   (Italy)

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EID: 33645057463     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.73.104111     Document Type: Article

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