Atomistic and multiscale analyses of brittle fracture in crystal lattices
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Sulin Zhang,1,2,* Ting Zhu,3 and Ted Belytschko4 1Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Arkansas, 204 Mechanical Building, Fayetteville, Arkansas 72701, USA 2Department of Engineering Science and Mechanics, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania 16802, USA 3Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering, Georgia Institute and Technology, Atlanta, Georgia 30332, USA 4Department of Mechanical Engineering, Northwestern University, 2145 Sheridan Road, Evanston, Illinois 60201, USA Received 28 April 2007; revised manuscript received 17 July 2007; published 27 September 2007
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