Hyper-QC: An accelerated finite-temperature quasicontinuum method using hyperdynamics

Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids

Volumn 63, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 94-112

  Kim, W K ^a   Luskin, M ^b   Perez, D ^c   Voter, A F ^c   Tadmor, E B ^a  

^a University of Minnesota   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^c LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Constitutive behavior; Finite elements; Fracture; Multiscale methods; Probability and statistics

Indexed keywords

ATOMISTIC SIMULATIONS; CONSTITUTIVE BEHAVIORS; MULTISCALE METHOD; NUMERICAL INTEGRATIONS; ONE-DIMENSIONAL CHAINS; ORDERS OF MAGNITUDE; PROBABILITY AND STATISTICS; QUASI-CONTINUUM METHODS;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DYNAMICAL SYSTEMS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; FRACTURE; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS;

TIME MEASUREMENT;

EID: 84891827885     PISSN: 00225096     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmps.2013.10.001     Document Type: Article

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