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New multiscale algorithms and a load-balancing scheme are combined for molecular-dynamics simulations of nanocluster-assembled ceramics on parallel computers. Million-atom simulations of the dynamic fracture in nanophase silicon nitride reveal anisotropie self-affine structures and crossover phenomena associated with fracture surfaces.
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This work was supported by the U.S. Department of Energy, Grant No. DE-FG05-92ER45477, National Science Foundation, Grant No. DMR-9412965, Air Force Office of Scientific Research, Grant No. F 49620-94-1-0444, Army Research Office, Grant No. 36347-EL-DPS, Louisiana Education Quality Support Fund (LEQSF), Grant No. LEQSF96-99-RD-A-10, and USC-LSU Multidisciplinary University Research Initiative, Grant No. F 49620-95-1-0452. A part of these simulations were performed on the 128-node IBM SP computer at Argonne National Laboratory. The computations were also performed on parallel machines in the Concurrent Computing Laboratory for Materials Simulations (CCLMS) at Louisiana State University. The facilities in the CCLMS were acquired with the Equipment Enhancement Grants awarded by the Louisiana Board of Regents through LEQSF.
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Nakano, A., Kalia, R.K., Omeltchenko, A. et al. Fracture of Nanophase Ceramics: A Molecular-Dynamics Study. MRS Online Proceedings Library 457, 187–192 (1996). https://doi.org/10.1557/PROC-457-187
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