An Arlequin-based method to couple molecular dynamics and finite element simulations of amorphous polymers and nanocomposites

Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering

Volumn 260, Issue , 2013, Pages 109-129

  Pfaller, S ^a   Rahimi, M ^b   Possart, G ^a   Steinmann, P ^a   Muller Plathe F ^b   Bohm M C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

^b DARMSTADT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bridging domain method; Domain decomposition; Lagrange multipliers; Multiscale modeling; Nanocomposites; Particle continuum coupling

Indexed keywords

BRIDGING DOMAIN METHODS; DOMAIN DECOMPOSITIONS; FINITE ELEMENT SIMULATIONS; INFORMATION TRANSFERS; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS METHODS; MULTI-SCALE MODELING; SIMULATION PROCEDURES; SIMULATION TECHNIQUE;

DOMAIN DECOMPOSITION METHODS; LAGRANGE MULTIPLIERS; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NANOCOMPOSITES; POLYSTYRENES; REACTION KINETICS; SILICA;

FINITE ELEMENT METHOD;

EID: 84877347776     PISSN: 00457825     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cma.2013.03.006     Document Type: Article

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