Mesoscopic Dynamics of Fracture Computational Materials Design [Paperback]

This book introduces recent theoretical developments concerning the dynamic behaviour of fracture. Readers learn how the recent development of molecular dynamics and other state-of-the-art methods can help to solve the important problem of fracture from the atomic level.

1. General Reviews, 2. Deformation and Fracture, 3. Criteria for Fracture, 4. Defects and Interfaces, 5. Electronic Structure Calculations, 6. New Computational MethodsThis book is a review of the present theoretical approaches to the understanding of the dynamic behaviour of fracture. Specifically, it collects recent works with a mesoscopic point of view. Starting from the first principles, standard classical molecular dynamics and elastic theoretical treatment are applied to realistic problems. A review article written by Professor Luc Wille, followed by about 20 high-quality papers, each having specific topics, are included.In this book fracture is treated theoretically for this first time.This book will be of particular interest to reseachers and advanced students in the field of theoretical solid-state physics. It gives an important example of the application of theoretical methods.Springer Book ArchivesDE