Concurrently coupled atomistic and XFEM models for dislocations and cracks

International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering

Volumn 78, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 354-378

  Gracie, Robert ^a   Belytschko, Ted ^a  

^a Northwestern University   (United States)

Author keywords

Bridging domain method; Cracks; Dislocations; Extended finite element method; Multiscale

Indexed keywords

ATOMISTIC MODELS; ATOMISTIC RESOLUTIONS; BRIDGING DOMAIN METHOD; CONTINUUM MODELS; CRACK FRONTS; CRACK SURFACES; DISLOCATION CORES; DISLOCATIONS; DISLOCATIONS AND CRACKS; ENERGY DISTRIBUTIONS; EXTENDED FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; GRAPHENE SHEETS; MULTISCALE; OVERLAPPING DOMAIN DECOMPOSITIONS; SLIP PLANES; SUB DOMAINS;

ATOMS; CONTINUUM MECHANICS; CRACKS; DIRECT NUMERICAL SIMULATION; DOMAIN DECOMPOSITION METHODS; LAGRANGE MULTIPLIERS;

FINITE ELEMENT METHOD;

EID: 64049108973     PISSN: 00295981     EISSN: 10970207     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/nme.2488     Document Type: Article

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