Torsion and bending periodic boundary conditions for modeling the intrinsic strength of nanowires

Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids

Volumn 56, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 3242-3258

  Cai, Wei ^a   Fong, William ^a   Elsen, Erich ^a   Weinberger, Christopher R ^a  

^a Stanford University   (United States)

Author keywords

Elastic properties; Fracture; Microstructure; Numerical algorithms

Indexed keywords

BENDING (DEFORMATION); BOUNDARY VALUE PROBLEMS; DYNAMICS; ELECTRIC WIRE; FAILURE ANALYSIS; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; NANOSTRUCTURES; NANOWIRES; QUANTUM CHEMISTRY; SILICON; TORSIONAL STRESS;

ELASTIC PROPERTIES; FRACTURE; MICROSTRUCTURE; NUMERICAL ALGORITHMS;

BOUNDARY CONDITIONS;

EID: 53249105342     PISSN: 00225096     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmps.2008.07.005     Document Type: Article

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