The discontinuous galerkin method for the multiscale modeling of dynamics of crystalline solids

Multiscale Modeling and Simulation

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 294-320

  Wang, Wei ^a   Shu, Chi Wang ^a   Li, Xiantao ^b  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Discontinuous Galerkin method, multiscale model; Dynamics of crystalline solids; Molecular dynamics

Indexed keywords

ATOMIC SCALES; ATOMISTIC MODELS; CELL-BASED; CONTINUUM DESCRIPTIONS; CRYSTALLINE SOLIDS; DISCONTINUOUS GALERKIN METHOD, MULTISCALE MODEL; DISCONTINUOUS GALERKIN METHODS; DISPLACEMENT FIELDS; ELASTO DYNAMICS; FREE SPACES; GOVERNING EQUATIONS; MULTISCALE MODELING; MULTISCALE MODELS; NUMERICAL SIMULATIONS;

CRYSTALLINE MATERIALS; GALERKIN METHODS; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; QUANTUM CHEMISTRY; SURFACE MORPHOLOGY;

DYNAMICS;

EID: 55249111832     PISSN: 15403459     EISSN: 15403467     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1137/070701212     Document Type: Article

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