Analysis of Energy-Based Blended Quasi-Continuum Approximations
Analysis of Energy-Based Blended Quasi-Continuum Approximations
The development of patch test consistent quasi-continuum energies for multidimensional crystalline solids modeled by many-body potentials remains a challenge. The original quasi-continuum energy (QCE) [R. Miller and E. Tadmor, Model. Simul. Mater. Sci. Eng., 17 (2009), 053001] has been implemented for many-body potentials in two and three space dimensions, but …