Atomistic damage mechanisms during hypervelocity projectile impact on AlN: A large-scale parallel molecular dynamics simulation study

Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids

Volumn 56, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 1955-1988

  Branicio, Paulo S ^a,b   Kalia, Rajiv K ^a   Nakano, Aiichiro ^a   Vashishta, Priya ^a   Shimojo, Fuyuki ^c   Rino, Jose P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO CARLOS   (Brazil)

^c KUMAMOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

A. Shock waves; B. Ceramic material; C. Solid solid transitions; D. Kink bands; E. Fracture mechanisms

Indexed keywords

FRACTURE MECHANICS; PHASE TRANSITIONS; SHOCK WAVES;

KINK BANDS; SOLID-SOLID TRANSITIONS;

CERAMIC MATERIALS;

EID: 41949101802     PISSN: 00225096     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmps.2007.11.004     Document Type: Article

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