Contact mechanics at the nanoscale, a 3D multiscale approach

International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering

Volumn 79, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 1041-1067

  Anciaux, Guillaume ^a   Molinari, Jean Francois ^a  

^a EPFL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Concurrent coupling; Hertz contact; Molecular dynamics; Multiscale; Surface roughness

Indexed keywords

CONCURRENT COUPLING; CONTACT MECHANICS; CONTACT PROBLEM; COUPLING SCHEME; FINITE ELEMENT PROGRAMS; HERTZ CONTACT; HERTZIAN CONTACTS; LARGE SCALE SIMULATIONS; MULTI-SCALE APPROACHES; MULTISCALE; MULTISCALE COUPLING; NANO SCALE; NEW OPPORTUNITIES; RIGID BODY; ROUGH SURFACES;

SURFACE PROPERTIES; SURFACE ROUGHNESS; THREE DIMENSIONAL;

MOLECULAR DYNAMICS;

EID: 69249090500     PISSN: 00295981     EISSN: 10970207     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/nme.2590     Document Type: Article

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