Research Article
Continuum Fracture Analysis and Molecular Dynamic Study on Crack Initiation and Propagation in Nanofilms
Figure 2
Atomistic simulation results: atom arrangement near the crack surfaces every 2000 time steps. The atoms in a triangular field around the crack surfaces depart from their perfect lattice location gradually and the crack starts to propagate when .
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