Atomistic Aspects of Crack Propagation in Brittle Materials: Multimillion Atom Molecular Dynamics Simulations
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▪ Abstract Atomistic aspects of dynamic fracture in a variety of brittle crystalline, amorphous, nanophase, and nanocomposite materials are reviewed. Molecular dynamics (MD) simulations, ranging from a million to 1.5 billion atoms, are performed on massively parallel computers using highly efficient multiresolution algorithms. These simulations shed new light on (a) branching, deflection, and arrest of cracks; (b) growth of nanoscale pores ahead of the crack and how pores coalesce with the crack to cause fracture; and (c) the influence of these mechanisms on the morphology of fracture surfaces. Recent advances in novel multiscale simulation schemes combining quantum mechanical, molecular dynamics, and finite-element approaches and the use of these hybrid approaches in the study of crack propagation are also discussed.
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