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Mechanical Properties of Nanostructured Metals: Molecular Dynamics Studies

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This chapter overviews our recent work on MD simulations of the mechanical properties of nanostructured metals with an emphasis on revealing the controlling deformation mechanisms, interpreting the experimental data, and guiding further research in structural optimization and processing.

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  1. School of Engineering, Brown University, Providence, RI, USA

    Haofei Zhou

  2. Department of Engineering Mechanics, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China

    Shaoxing Qu

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Editors and Affiliations

  1. Institute for Materials Testing, Materials Science and Strength of Materials, University of Stuttgart, Stuttgart, Germany

    Siegfried Schmauder

  2. Department of Civil Engineering, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan

    Chuin-Shan Chen

  3. UAB Mail BEC 254, Birmingham, AL, USA

    Krishan K. Chawla

  4. Fulton School of Engineering, Arizona State University , Tempe, AZ, USA

    Nikhilesh Chawla

  5. Engineering Mechanics, Zhejiang University , Hangzhou, China

    Weiqiu Chen

  6. Katayanagi Advanced Research Laboratories, Tokyo University of Technology, Tokyo, Japan

    Yutaka Kagawa

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Zhou, H., Qu, S. (2019). Mechanical Properties of Nanostructured Metals: Molecular Dynamics Studies. In: Schmauder, S., Chen, CS., Chawla, K., Chawla, N., Chen, W., Kagawa, Y. (eds) Handbook of Mechanics of Materials. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-6884-3_19

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