Atomistic finite elements applicable to solid polymers

Computational Materials Science

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 292-302

  Wang, Youqi ^a   Zhang, Congjian ^a   Zhou, Eric ^a   Sun, Changjie ^a   Hinkley, Jeffrey ^b   Gates, Thomas S ^b   Su, Ji ^b  

^a Sunflower Networking Group   (United States)

^b NASA LANGLEY RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Atomistic element; Finite element; Molecular mechanics; Nano simulation; Polymer

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; STIFFNESS MATRIX; STRAIN; STRESSES;

ATOMISTIC ELEMENT; FINITE ELEMENT; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; NANO-SIMULATION;

POLYMERS;

EID: 33646101270     PISSN: 09270256     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.commatsci.2005.03.016     Document Type: Article

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