Reconsideration of continuum thermomechanical quantities in atomic scale simulations

Mathematics and Mechanics of Solids

Volumn 13, Issue 3-4, 2008, Pages 221-266

  Webb III, Edmund B ^a   Zimmerman, Jonathan A ^b   Seel, Steven C ^c  

^a SANDIA NATIONAL LABORATORIES   (United States)

^b SANDIA NATIONAL LABORATORIES   (United States)

^c EMCORE Corporation   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; HEAT FLUX; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; STRESSES; TEMPERATURE DISTRIBUTION;

ATOMIC SCALE SIMULATION; CONTINUUM THERMOMECHANICAL QUANTITIES;

CONTINUUM MECHANICS;

EID: 42549136923     PISSN: 10812865     EISSN: 17413028     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1081286507086899     Document Type: Review

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