IUTAM Symposium on Mesoscopic Dynamics of Fracture Process and Materials Strength: Proceedings of the IUTAM Symposium held in Osaka, Japan, 6–11 July 2003

Front Matter....Pages i-xxxii
Massively-Parallel Dislocation Dynamics Simulations....Pages 1-11
Nondestructive Observation of Dislocation Structures Formed at Fatigued Copper and Stainless Steel Crystals....Pages 13-22
A Discrete Dislocation Dynamics Investigation of Formation and Stability of Lomer Locks....Pages 23-33
On the Use of Periodic Boundary Conditions in Dislocation Dynamics Simulations....Pages 35-44
Atomistic Study of Edge Dislocations in FCC Metals: Drag and Inertial Effects....Pages 45-57
Molecular Dynamics Study on the Characteristics of Edge and Screw Dislocations in Gamma/Gamma-Prime Microstructure of Ni-Based Superalloy....Pages 59-68
Dislocation Interactions and Symmetries in BCC Crystals....Pages 69-78
Discrete Dislocation Predictions of Single Crystal Fatigue Crack Growth....Pages 79-86
A Crystal Plasticity Analysis for Accumulations of Geometrically Necessary Dislocations and Dipoles around Shear Band....Pages 87-96
A New Model of Scale Dependent Crystal Plasticity Analysis....Pages 97-106
A Molecular Dynamics Study of Mechanical Properties and Fractures of Amorphous Metal....Pages 107-116
Elastic Properties of the Surfaces and Interfaces of Crystal and Amorphous Silicon....Pages 117-127
Atomistic Simulation of Dislocation Generation at Surface Steps in Metals and Silicon....Pages 129-138
On the Plasticity and Fracture of Semiconductors....Pages 139-152
HVEM/AFM Studies on Crack Tip Plasticity in Si Crystals....Pages 153-162
Irradiation Hardening in Austenitic Steels: Experiment and Simulation....Pages 163-172
Dislocation Glide in the Presence of Either Solute Atoms or Glissile Loops....Pages 173-182
Multiscale Analyses of High Strain Rate Deformation: Anisotropic Effects....Pages 183-192
Atomic-Level Interaction of an Edge Dislocation with Localized Obstacles in Fcc and Bcc Metals....Pages 193-202
Defect Nucleation....Pages 203-211
Formation of Prismatic Dislocation Loop of Single Crystalline Aluminum under Nanoindentation....Pages 213-222
Multiscale Modeling of Defect Nucleation and Reaction: Bulk to Nanostructures....Pages 223-233
Discrete-Continuum Modeling of Metal Matrix Composites Plasticity....Pages 235-244
Computational Evaluation of Micro- to Macroscopic Deformation Behavior of Amorphous Polymer with Slightly Heterogeneous Distribution of Initial Shear Strength....Pages 245-254
Computational Modeling and Characterization of Materials with Periodic Microstructure using Asymptotic Homogenization Method....Pages 255-268
Critical Behaviour Near the Crack / Dislocation Depinning Threshold....Pages 269-278
Topological Soliton Dynamics in Media with Microscopic Rotations....Pages 279-288
Dependence of Ductile and Brittle Response on Initial Energy Dissipation Mechanism at Crack Tip....Pages 289-300
A Cohesive Zone Model and Interfacial Crack Problems....Pages 301-310
Molecular Dynamics Simulation of Influence of Grain Boundary on Near-Threshold Fatigue Crack Growth....Pages 311-320
Plasticity-Induced Martensitic Transformation around Semi-Elliptical Surface Cracks in Fatigue of an Austenitic Stainless Steel....Pages 321-330
An Atomic Simulation of AFM-Based Nano Lithography Process for Nano Patterning....Pages 331-341
Molecular Dynamics Study on Morphology and Strength of Copper Atomic-Cluster-Assembled Structure....Pages 343-353
Competing Deformation Mechanisms in Nanocrystalline Metals....Pages 355-363
Atomistic Study on Ideal Strength of Nanocrystal and Deformation Induced Nanostructures....Pages 365-380
Continuum Description of Inhomogeneously Deforming Polycrystalline Aggregate Based on Field Theory....Pages 381-390
Study on Strength of Microscopic Material by Simulations with Atom and Electron Models....Pages 391-399
Ab Initio Study of Ideal Shear Strength....Pages 401-410
Investigation of Glide Properties in Hexagonal Titanium and Zirconium: An Ab Initio Atomic Scale Study....Pages 411-420
Computational Study of the Mechanical Properties of Alumina — Copper Interfaces: Ab Initio Calculations and Combination with Mesoscopic Simulations....Pages 421-430
Development of Hybrid Electronic-Density-Functional/Molecular-Dynamics Simulation Schemes for Ceramics and Semiconductors....Pages 431-440
Back Matter....Pages 441-448