Analysis of a prototypical multiscale method coupling atomistic and continuum mechanics: The convex case

Acta Mathematicae Applicatae Sinica

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 209-216

  Blanc, Xavier ^a   Le Bris, Claude ^b,c   Legoll, Frédéric ^b,c,d  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PIERRE ET MARIE CURIE   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS EST   (France)

^c INRIA ROCQUENCOURT   (France)

^d EDF R AND D   (France)

Author keywords

Continuum mechanics; Discrete mechanics; Multiscale methods; Variational problems

Indexed keywords

EID: 34147115593     PISSN: 01689673     EISSN: 16183932     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10255-007-0364-5     Document Type: Article

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