Software components for parallel multiscale simulation: An example with LAMMPS

Engineering with Computers

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 205-211

  FrantzDale, Benjamin ^a   Plimpton, Steven J ^b   Shephard, Mark S ^a  

^a RENSSELAER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b SANDIA NATIONAL LABORATORIES   (United States)

Author keywords

Atomistic to continuum coupling; LAMMPS; Molecular dynamics; Multiscale computation; Software design

Indexed keywords

ATOMISTIC SIMULATIONS; ATOMISTIC TO CONTINUUM; ATOMISTIC TO CONTINUUM COUPLING; DIFFERENT MODES; ENGINEERING PROBLEMS; INPUT AND OUTPUTS; INTERNAL STATE; LAMMPS; MATHEMATICAL APPROACH; MULTI-SCALE SIMULATION; MULTISCALE COMPUTATION; MULTISCALE MODELS; MULTISCALES; PARALLEL LIBRARY; PARALLEL MACHINE; PARALLEL SIMULATOR; REAL-WORLD; SCALE MODELS; SIMULATION CODE; SIMULATION SOFTWARE; SOFTWARE COMPONENT; STANDALONE APPLICATIONS;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; COMPUTER SOFTWARE REUSABILITY; MACHINE DESIGN; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS;

SOFTWARE DESIGN;

EID: 77954817911     PISSN: 01770667     EISSN: 14355663     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00366-009-0156-z     Document Type: Article

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