Computational Uncertainty in Hybrid Atomistic-Continuum Frameworks
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چکیده
Over the past decade micro and nanofluidics emerged as vital tools in the ongoing drive towards the development of nano-scale analysis and manufacturing systems. Accurate numerical modelling of the phenomena involved at these scales is essential in order to speed up the industrial design process for nanotechnology. However a parameter often ignored in hybrid simulations is the uncertainty level introduced in the numerical modelling of phenomena taking place at micro and nanoscales. The main interest of the present study is the propagation of the inherent atomistic fluctuations to the continuum solver in the case of multiscale modelling and hybrid solvers.
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