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.

From the reviews: "This volume presents Proceedings of the IUTAM Symposium, 2003 and concentrates on current understanding of fracture processes and inhomogeneous deformation ... . The Proceedings comprise a wide variety of fundamental subjects of physics, mechanical models, computational strategies as well as engineering applications. ... The Proceedings present novel physical conceptions and approaches to solution of dynamical damage and fracture problems for heterogeneous materials ... ." (I. A. Parinov, Zentralblatt MATH, Vol. 1073 (24), 2005)