Predictors of cavitation in glassy polymers under tensile strain: A coarse-grained molecular dynamics investigation

Macromolecular Theory and Simulations

Volumn 20, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 826-836

  Makke, Ali ^a,b   Perez, Michel ^b   Rottler, Jörg ^c   Lame, Olivier ^b   Barrat, Jean Louis ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE LYON   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

cavitation; computational modeling; mechanical properties; molecular dynamics simulations; plasticity

Indexed keywords

CAVITATION; COMPUTATIONAL CHEMISTRY; ELASTIC MODULI; GLASS; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NUCLEATION; PLASTICITY; POLYMERS;

AMORPHOUS GLASSY POLYMERS; BULK ELASTIC MODULI; COARSE-GRAINED MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; COMPUTATIONAL MODEL; HOMOGENEOUS POLYMERS; INITIAL CONFIGURATION; LOCAL ELASTIC PROPERTIES; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS SIMULATIONS;

TENSILE STRAIN;

EID: 80155128963     PISSN: 10221344     EISSN: 15213919     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mats.201100006     Document Type: Article

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