Modeling the mechanics of amorphous solids at different length scale and time scale

Modelling and Simulation in Materials Science and Engineering

Volumn 19, Issue 8, 2011, Pages

  Rodney, D ^a   Tanguy, A ^b   Vandembroucq, D ^c  

^a GRENOBLE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

^c CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMORPHOUS PLASTICITY; AMORPHOUS SOLIDS; ATOMISTIC SIMULATIONS; CONSTITUTIVE LAW; DIFFERENT LENGTH SCALE; FINITE ELEMENT SIMULATIONS; INFORMATION TRANSFERS; MESOSCOPIC MODELS; MICROMETER SCALE; MULTI-SCALE MODELING; NANO-METER SCALE; POTENTIAL ENERGY LANDSCAPES; SHEAR BANDING; TIME-SCALES;

METALLIC COMPOUNDS; METALLIC GLASS; PLASTICITY;

POTENTIAL ENERGY;

EID: 80555145873     PISSN: 09650393     EISSN: 1361651X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0965-0393/19/8/083001     Document Type: Review

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