Parallel simulation of 3D sintering

International Journal of Computational Materials Science and Surface Engineering

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 37-54

  Cardona, Cristina Garcia ^a   Tikare, Veena ^b   Plimpton, Steven J ^b  

^a SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SANDIA NATIONAL LABORATORIES   (United States)

Author keywords

analysis and modelling; kinetic Monte Carlo simulation; KMC simulation; numerical techniques; sintering

Indexed keywords

GRAIN GROWTH; INTELLIGENT SYSTEMS; SINTERING;

ANALYSIS AND MODELLING; KINETIC MONTE CARLO SIMULATION; KMC SIMULATIONS; MICRO-STRUCTURE EVOLUTIONS; MONTE CARLO MODEL; NUMERICAL TECHNIQUES; PARALLEL IMPLEMENTATIONS; PARALLEL SIMULATIONS;

MONTE CARLO METHODS;

EID: 78649987242     PISSN: 17533465     EISSN: 17533473     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJCMSSE.2011.037351     Document Type: Article

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