Bridging domain methods for coupled atomistic-continuum models with L2 or H1 couplings

International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering

Volumn 77, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 1566-1592

  Guidault, P A ^a   Belytschko, T ^b  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b Northwestern University   (United States)

Author keywords

Atomistic continuum coupling; Bridging domain method; Lagrange multipliers; Moving least square interpolant

Indexed keywords

ATOMIC DISPLACEMENTS; ATOMIC MODELS; ATOMISTIC-CONTINUUM COUPLING; ATOMISTIC-CONTINUUM MODELS; BRIDGING DOMAIN METHOD; COMPETING MODELS; CONSTANT WEIGHTS; COUPLING TERMS; FINITE-ELEMENT MESHES; GRAPHENE SHEETS; LATTICE SPACINGS; MOVING LEAST-SQUARE INTERPOLANT; OVERLAPPING DOMAIN DECOMPOSITIONS; PATCH TESTS; WEIGHT FUNCTIONS; ZONE OF INTERESTS;

CONTINUUM MECHANICS; COUPLINGS; DOMAIN DECOMPOSITION METHODS; FUNCTION EVALUATION;

LAGRANGE MULTIPLIERS;

EID: 64049117145     PISSN: 00295981     EISSN: 10970207     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/nme.2461     Document Type: Article

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