A first-principles computational framework for liquid mineral systems

Computers, Materials and Continua

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 107-117

  Karki, B B ^a   Bhattarai, D ^a   Stixrude, L ^b  

^a Louisiana State University   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

First principle approach; Minerals; Parallel simulation; Visualization

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DATA ACQUISITION; EQUATIONS OF STATE; GEOPHYSICS; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION; VISUALIZATION;

FIRST PRINCIPLE APPROACH; INTERATOMIC INTERACTION; LIQUID PHASE; PARALLEL SIMULATION;

LIQUIDS;

EID: 33748877249     PISSN: 15462218     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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