Atomistic Modeling of Materials Failure

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Buehler, Markus J. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Boston, MA : Springer US, 2008.
• Subjects: Engineering.; Mechanics.; Continuum mechanics.; Biomaterials.; Nanotechnology.; Materials science.; Continuum Mechanics and Mechanics of Materials.; Characterization and Evaluation of Materials.

Atomistic Modeling of Materials Failure is an introduction to molecular and atomistic modeling techniques applied to solid deformation and fracture. Focusing on a variety of brittle, ductile and geometrically confined materials, this detailed overview includes computational methods at the atomic sca...

Table of Contents:

• Basics of Atomistic, Continuum and Multiscale Methods
• Basic Atomistic Modeling
• Basic Continuum Mechanics
• Atomistic Elasticity: Linking Atoms and Continuum
• Multiscale Modeling and Simulation Methods
• Material Deformation and Failure
• Deformation and Dynamical Failure of Brittle Materials
• Deformation and Fracture of Ductile Materials
• Deformation and Fracture Mechanics of Geometrically Confined Materials.