Modeling dynamic fracture using large-scale atomistic simulations

Dynamic Fracture Mechanics

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 1-68

  Buehler, Markus J ^a   Gao, Huajian ^b  

^a Massachusetts Institute of Technology   (United States)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR INTELLIGENT SYSTEMS   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRITTLE FRACTURE; CONTINUUM MECHANICS; CRACK PROPAGATION; CRACKS; DISSIMILAR MATERIALS; DYNAMICS; ELASTICITY; FRACTURE; INTERFACES (MATERIALS); MOLECULAR DYNAMICS;

ATOMISTIC MODELING; ATOMISTIC SIMULATIONS; DISCONTINUOUS TRANSITION; DYNAMIC FRACTURES; HOMOGENEOUS MATERIALS; HYPER-ELASTICITY; LARGE-SCALE MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; SUPERSONIC CRACK PROPAGATION;

CRACK TIPS;

EID: 84968755083     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1142/9789812773326_0001     Document Type: Chapter

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