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Atomistic to Continuum limits for computational materials science

Xavier Blanc, Claude Le Bris, Pierre-Louis Lions (2007)

ESAIM: Mathematical Modelling and Numerical Analysis

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The present article is an overview of some mathematical results, which provide elements of rigorous basis for some multiscale computations in materials science. The emphasis is laid upon atomistic to continuum limits for crystalline materials. Various mathematical approaches are addressed. The setting is stationary. The relation to existing techniques used in the engineering literature is investigated.

Analysis of a prototypical multiscale method coupling atomistic and continuum mechanics

Xavier Blanc, Claude Le Bris, Frédéric Legoll (2005)

ESAIM: Mathematical Modelling and Numerical Analysis - Modélisation Mathématique et Analyse Numérique

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In order to describe a solid which deforms smoothly in some region, but non smoothly in some other region, many multiscale methods have recently been proposed. They aim at coupling an atomistic model (discrete mechanics) with a macroscopic model (continuum mechanics). We provide here a theoretical ground for such a coupling in a one-dimensional setting. We briefly study the general case of a convex energy, and next concentrate on a specific example of a nonconvex energy, the Lennard-Jones...