Mechanical Characteristics and Failure Mechanism of Nano-Single Crystal Aluminum Based on Molecular Dynamics Simulations: Strain Rate and Temperature Effects

Subject Areas : Engineering

R Rezaei ¹ , H Tavakoli-Anbaran ² , M Shariati ³

1 - Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Shahrood University of Technology, Shahrood, Iran
2 - Faculty of Physics, Shahrood University of Technology, Shahrood, Iran
3 - Department of Mechanical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Mashhad, Iran

Received: 2017-07-20 Accepted : 2017-09-24 Published : 2017-12-30

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