Atomistic modelling of fatigue crack growth and dislocation structuring in FCC crystals

Proceedings of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences

Volumn 462, Issue 2076, 2006, Pages 3707-3731

  Potirniche, G P ^a   Horstemeyer, M F ^a   Gullett, P M ^a,b   Jelinek, B ^a  

^a MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Crack; Fatigue; FCC crystal; Molecular dynamics

Indexed keywords

EID: 33947208868     PISSN: 13645021     EISSN: 14712946     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspa.2006.1746     Document Type: Article

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