TY - JOUR A1 - Budarapu, Pattabhi Ramaiah A1 - Gracie, Robert A1 - Yang, Shih-Wei A1 - Zhuang, Xiaoying A1 - Rabczuk, Timon T1 - Efficient Coarse Graining in Multiscale Modeling of Fracture JF - Theoretical and Applied Fracture Mechanics N2 - Efficient Coarse Graining in Multiscale Modeling of Fracture KW - Angewandte Mathematik KW - Strukturmechanik Y1 - 2014 SP - 126 EP - 143 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Budarapu, Pattabhi Ramaiah A1 - Gracie, Robert A1 - Bordas, Stéphane Pierre Alain A1 - Rabczuk, Timon T1 - An adaptive multiscale method for quasi-static crack growth JF - Computational Mechanics N2 - This paper proposes an adaptive atomistic- continuum numerical method for quasi-static crack growth. The phantom node method is used to model the crack in the continuum region and a molecular statics model is used near the crack tip. To ensure self-consistency in the bulk, a virtual atom cluster is used to model the material of the coarse scale. The coupling between the coarse scale and fine scale is realized through ghost atoms. The ghost atom positions are interpolated from the coarse scale solution and enforced as boundary conditions on the fine scale. The fine scale region is adaptively enlarged as the crack propagates and the region behind the crack tip is adaptively coarsened. An energy criterion is used to detect the crack tip location. The triangular lattice in the fine scale region corresponds to the lattice structure of the (111) plane of an FCC crystal. The Lennard-Jones potential is used to model the atom–atom interactions. The method is implemented in two dimensions. The results are compared to pure atomistic simulations; they show excellent agreement. KW - Angewandte Mathematik KW - Strukturmechanik Y1 - 2014 U6 - http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00466-013-0952-6 SP - 1129 EP - 1148 ER -