Energy conservation of atomistic/continuum coupling

International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering

Volumn 78, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 1365-1386

  Aubertin, Pascal ^a   Réthoré, Julien ^a   de Borst, René ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE LYON   (France)

^b EINDHOVEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Coupling methods; Energy conservation; Finite elements; Molecular dynamics; Multiscale methods

Indexed keywords

FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; WAVE PROPAGATION;

ATOMISTIC/CONTINUUM COUPLINGS; CONSERVATION PROPERTIES; COUPLING METHODS; COUPLING SCHEME; LOSS OF ENERGY; MULTISCALE METHOD; SPURIOUS WAVES;

ENERGY CONSERVATION;

EID: 66249090551     PISSN: 00295981     EISSN: 10970207     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/nme.2542     Document Type: Article

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