A material frame approach for evaluating continuum variables in atomistic simulations

Journal of Computational Physics

Volumn 229, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 2364-2389

  Zimmerman, Jonathan A ^a   Jones, Reese E ^a   Templeton, Jeremy A ^a  

^a SANDIA NATIONAL LABORATORIES   (United States)

Author keywords

Atomistic simulation; Continuum; Mechanics; Microcontinuum; Stress

Indexed keywords

CONTINUUM MECHANICS; HEAT FLUX; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS;

ATOMIC SCALE; ATOMISTIC SIMULATIONS; ATOMISTIC TO CONTINUUM; CONTINUUM; FIRST PIOLA-KIRCHHOFF STRESS; HEAT FLUX VECTORS; MICROCONTINUUM; MOLECULAR SIMULATIONS; SOLID MECHANICS; SPATIAL FRAMES;

STRESS TENSOR;

EID: 73649118119     PISSN: 00219991     EISSN: 10902716     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcp.2009.11.039     Document Type: Article

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