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Small-Scale Simulations Of Lattice Fracture

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 February 2011

M. Marder*
Affiliation:
Department of Physics and Center for Nonlinear Dynamics The University of Texas at Austin, Austin TX 78712marder@chaos.ph.utexas.edu
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Abstract

Many properties of rapid fracture may profitably be studied in atomic scale computer simulations involving relatively small numbers of atoms. A first result of such a study is that qualitative properties of Mode III fracture change little when one explores various shapes of the interparticle potential, introduction of randomness, and elevated temperatures. A second result is that Mode I fracture is considerably more susceptible to instability than had previously been understood, and that to obtain stable Mode I fracture may require non-central forces between atoms.

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Research Article
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 1996

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