A variational formulation of the quasicontinuum method based on energy sampling in clusters

Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids

Volumn 57, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 87-108

  Eidel, Bernhard ^a   Stukowski, Alexander ^b  

^a RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

^b DARMSTADT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Atomistic continuum bridging; Dislocation microstructure; Multiscale modeling; Nanoindentation; Quasicontinuum

Indexed keywords

MICROSTRUCTURE; NANOINDENTATION; QUANTUM THEORY; SINGLE CRYSTALS;

ADAPTIVE RESOLUTIONS; ATOMIC INTERACTIONS; ATOMISTIC-CONTINUUM BRIDGING; COMPUTATIONAL COSTS; CONSERVATIVE FORCES; CONTINUUM DESCRIPTIONS; CRYSTALLINE SOLIDS; DISLOCATION MICROSTRUCTURE; DISLOCATION MICROSTRUCTURES; DISLOCATION NUCLEATIONS; DISPLACEMENT CURVES; EQUILIBRIUM STATES; FCC SINGLE CRYSTALS; LATTICE STATICS; LOAD LEVELS; MINIMIZATION METHODS; MULTISCALE MODELING; NUMERICAL ERRORS; QUASI CONTINUUMS; QUASICONTINUUM; QUASICONTINUUM METHODS; SAMPLING SCHEMES; SEAMLESS TRANSITIONS; SUMMATION RULES; SURFACE EFFECTS; VARIATIONAL FORMULATIONS; VARIATIONAL STRUCTURES; ZERO TEMPERATURES;

DISLOCATIONS (CRYSTALS);

EID: 56949096776     PISSN: 00225096     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmps.2008.09.017     Document Type: Article

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