A bridging domain and strain computation method for coupled atomistic-continuum modelling of solids

International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering

Volumn 70, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 913-933

  Zhang, Sulin ^a,b   Khare, Roopam ^a   Lu, Qiang ^a   Belytschko, Ted ^a  

^a Northwestern University   (United States)

^b 3202 Bell Engineering Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Bridging domain; Graphene sheets; Molecular mechanics; Moving least square

Indexed keywords

CONTINUUM MECHANICS; ELASTICITY; ITERATIVE METHODS; LEAST SQUARES APPROXIMATIONS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MATRIX ALGEBRA; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; STRAIN; STRAIN MEASUREMENT;

BRIDGING DOMAIN; COUPLED ATOMISTIC-CONTINUUM MODELLING; GRAPHENE SHEETS; LINEAR ELASTIC MATERIAL;

SOLIDS;

CONTINUUM MECHANICS; ELASTICITY; ITERATIVE METHODS; LEAST SQUARES APPROXIMATIONS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MATRIX ALGEBRA; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; SOLIDS; STRAIN; STRAIN MEASUREMENT;

EID: 34249714264     PISSN: 00295981     EISSN: 10970207     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/nme.1895     Document Type: Article

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