IDEAL BRITTLE-FRACTURE OF SILICON STUDIED WITH MOLECULAR-DYNAMICS

Authors
HOLLAND D MARDER M
Citation
D. Holland et M. Marder, IDEAL BRITTLE-FRACTURE OF SILICON STUDIED WITH MOLECULAR-DYNAMICS, Physical review letters, 80(4), 1998, pp. 746-749
Citations number
17
Categorie Soggetti
Physics
Journal title
Physical review letters → ACNP
ISSN journal
00319007
Volume
80
Issue
4
Year of publication
1998
Pages
746 - 749
Database
ISI
SICI code
0031-9007(1998)80:4<746:IBOSSW>2.0.ZU;2-Z
Abstract
Dynamic fracture experiments measure crack velocity versus energy flux to the tip. We report here the first calculation of this quantity in a realistic setting, using molecular dynamics to study silicon. The re sults require relating the short length and time scales of simulations to the long length and time scales of experiments. [S0031-9007(97)051 22-3].