A critique of atomistic definitions of the stress tensor

Journal of Elasticity

Volumn 88, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 113-140

  Murdoch, A Ian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Microscopic interpretation; Molecular averaging; Nanoscale systems; Stress; Weighting function

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONTINUUM MECHANICS; STRESS ANALYSIS; TENSORS;

MICROSCOPIC INTERPRETATION; MOLECULAR AVERAGING; NANOSCALE SYSTEMS; WEIGHTING FUNCTION;

MOLECULAR DYNAMICS;

EID: 34547843548     PISSN: 03743535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10659-007-9121-5     Document Type: Article

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