IUTAM Symposium on Mesoscopic Dynamics of Fracture Process and Materials Strength

Massively-Parallel Dislocation Dynamics Simulations.- Nondestructive Observation of Dislocation Structures Formed at Fatigued Copper and Stainless Steel Crystals.- A Discrete Dislocation Dynamics Investigation of Formation and Stability of Lomer Locks.- On the Use of Periodic Boundary Conditions in Dislocation Dynamics Simulations.- Atomistic Study of Edge Dislocations in FCC Metals: Drag and Inertial Effects.- Molecular Dynamics Study on the Characteristics of Edge and Screw Dislocations in Gamma/Gamma-Prime Microstructure of Ni-Based Superalloy.- Dislocation Interactions and Symmetries in BCC Crystals.- Discrete Dislocation Predictions of Single Crystal Fatigue Crack Growth.- A Crystal Plasticity Analysis for Accumulations of Geometrically Necessary Dislocations and Dipoles around Shear Band.- A New Model of Scale Dependent Crystal Plasticity Analysis.- A Molecular Dynamics Study of Mechanical Properties and Fractures of Amorphous Metal.- Elastic Properties of the Surfaces and Interfaces of Crystal and Amorphous Silicon.- Atomistic Simulation of Dislocation Generation at Surface Steps in Metals and Silicon.- On the Plasticity and Fracture of Semiconductors.- HVEM/AFM Studies on Crack Tip Plasticity in Si Crystals.- Irradiation Hardening in Austenitic Steels: Experiment and Simulation.- Dislocation Glide in the Presence of Either Solute Atoms or Glissile Loops.- Multiscale Analyses of High Strain Rate Deformation: Anisotropic Effects.- Atomic-Level Interaction of an Edge Dislocation with Localized Obstacles in Fcc and Bcc Metals.- Defect Nucleation.- Formation of Prismatic Dislocation Loop of Single Crystalline Aluminum under Nanoindentation.- Multiscale Modeling of Defect Nucleation and Reaction: Bulk to Nanostructures.- Discrete-Continuum Modeling of Metal Matrix Composites Plasticity.- Computational Evaluation of Micro- to Macroscopic Deformation Behavior of Amorphous Polymer with Slightly Heterogeneous Distribution of Initial Shear Strength.- Computational Modeling and Characterization of Materials with Periodic Microstructure using Asymptotic Homogenization Method.- Critical Behaviour Near the Crack / Dislocation Depinning Threshold.- Topological Soliton Dynamics in Media with Microscopic Rotations.- Dependence of Ductile and Brittle Response on Initial Energy Dissipation Mechanism at Crack Tip.- A Cohesive Zone Model and Interfacial Crack Problems.- Molecular Dynamics Simulation of Influence of Grain Boundary on Near-Threshold Fatigue Crack Growth.- Plasticity-Induced Martensitic Transformation around Semi-Elliptical Surface Cracks in Fatigue of an Austenitic Stainless Steel.- An Atomic Simulation of AFM-Based Nano Lithography Process for Nano Patterning.- Molecular Dynamics Study on Morphology and Strength of Copper Atomic-Cluster-Assembled Structure.- Competing Deformation Mechanisms in Nanocrystalline Metals.- Atomistic Study on Ideal Strength of Nanocrystal and Deformation Induced Nanostructures.- Continuum Description of Inhomogeneously Deforming Polycrystalline Aggregate Based on Field Theory.- Study on Strength of Microscopic Material by Simulations with Atom and Electron Models.- Ab Initio Study of Ideal Shear Strength.- Investigation of Glide Properties in Hexagonal Titanium and Zirconium: An Ab Initio Atomic Scale Study.- Computational Study of the Mechanical Properties of Alumina — Copper Interfaces: Ab Initio Calculations and Combination with Mesoscopic Simulations.- Development of Hybrid Electronic-Density-Functional/Molecular-Dynamics Simulation Schemes for Ceramics and Semiconductors.