Adaptive atomistic-to-continuum modeling of propagating defects

International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering

Volumn 92, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 835-856

  Moseley, Philip ^a   Oswald, Jay ^b   Belytschko, Ted ^a  

^a Northwestern University   (United States)

^b Arizona State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Adaptivity; Bridging domain method; Concurrent multiscale; Crack propagation; Extended finite element method; Fracture

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVITY; ATOMIC DEGREES OF FREEDOM; ATOMIC DISPLACEMENT; ATOMIC DOMAIN; BRIDGING DOMAINS; COARSE GRAINS; COMPUTATIONAL COSTS; DISLOCATION SLIP; EXTENDED FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; FINITE ELEMENT; FRACTURED SURFACES; MATERIAL DEFECT; MESH REFINEMENT; MULTI-SCALE MODELING; MULTISCALE METHOD; MULTISCALES; SPURIOUS OSCILLATIONS; SUB-DOMAINS; SUBDOMAIN; TIME STEP;

CONTINUUM MECHANICS; CRACK PROPAGATION; FRACTURE;

ATOMS;

EID: 84869876153     PISSN: 00295981     EISSN: 10970207     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/nme.4358     Document Type: Article

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