Molecular mechanics in the context of the finite element method

International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering

Volumn 77, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 969-997

  Wackerfuß, Jens ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b DARMSTADT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Atomic structures; Buckling; Finite element method; Implementation; Large deformations

Indexed keywords

ASSEMBLY; ATOMS; BOND LENGTH; CARBON NANOTUBES; DEFORMATION; DYNAMICS; MESH GENERATION; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; RADAR ANTENNAS; STRUCTURAL DESIGN;

A-PRIORI; ASSEMBLY PROCESS; ATOMIC INTERACTIONS; ATOMIC STRUCTURES; COMPUTATIONALLY EFFICIENT; CROSS-TERMS; DIHEDRAL ANGLES; EQUATION SOLVERS; IMPLEMENTATION; INTERATOMIC POTENTIALS; LARGE DEFORMATIONS; MECHANICAL BEHAVIORS; NUMERICAL EXAMPLES; NUMERICAL RESULTS; SPECIFIC FINITE ELEMENTS; STANDARD FINITE ELEMENTS; VALENCE ANGLES;

FINITE ELEMENT METHOD;

EID: 60949111363     PISSN: 00295981     EISSN: 10970207     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/nme.2442     Document Type: Article

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