title: Very large scale simulations of materials failure.
abstract: With present-day supercomputers, simulation is becoming a powerful tool for providing immediate insights into the nature of fracture dynamics. Atomistic simulations yield ab initio information about crack-tip formation and deformation at length-scales unattainable by experimental measurement and unpredictable by continuum elasticity theory. We will describe several atomistic dynamics studies concerning brittle fracture and ductile deformation.
authors.affiliation: IBM Research Division, Almaden Research Center, San Jose, CA 95120, USA. farid@almaden.ibm.com
authors.forename: Farid F
authors.initials: FF
authors.lastname: Abraham
mesh_terms: D001672:Biocompatible Materials / Q000032:analysis* / Q000737:chemistry*; D003198:Computer Simulation; D004548:Elasticity; D006244:Hardness; D008422:Materials Testing / Q000379:methods*; D008956:Models, Chemical; D008958:Models, Molecular; D011789:Quantum Theory; D012212:Rheology / Q000379:methods*
chemical_list: D001672:Biocompatible Materials