Multiple time scale method for atomistic simulations

Computational Mechanics

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 569-577

  Medyanik, Sergey N ^a   Liu, Wing Kam ^b  

^a Washington State University   (United States)

^b Northwestern University   (United States)

Author keywords

Atomistic simulation; Molecular dynamics; Multiscale modeling; Nanotribology; Rare events; Stick slip friction

Indexed keywords

ATOMS; COMPUTATIONAL CHEMISTRY; DYNAMICS; FRICTION; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NANOTRIBOLOGY; SLIP FORMING; STICK-SLIP; STRAIN RATE; TIME MEASUREMENT; VIBRATIONS (MECHANICAL);

ATOMIC-SCALE STICK-SLIP; ATOMISTIC SIMULATIONS; COMPUTATIONAL COSTS; CRITICAL TIME STEPS; EQUILIBRIUM POSITIONS; MULTI-SCALE MODELING; RARE EVENTS; STICK-SLIP FRICTION;

NUMERICAL METHODS;

EID: 47349093994     PISSN: 01787675     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00466-007-0237-z     Document Type: Article

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