Materials Research Society Symposium Proceedings Volume 653. Multiscale Modeling of Materials - 2000. Symposium Held in Boston, Massachusetts on November 27-December 1, 2000

Book excerpt: Multiscale simulation and modeling of materials phenomena have received much attention in many engineering and scientific disciplines including mechanics physics and materials sciences, with far reaching applications to electronic materials, polymers and biochemical systems. With rapid advances in computing power and multiscale simulation techniques, the hope of modeling material behavior beginning with atomistic simulation and reaching macroscopic phenomena is becoming a realistic goal. This volume contains papers presented at Symposium Z, "Multiscale Materials Modeling," at the 2000 MRS Fall Meeting in Boston, Massachusetts. This symposium brought scientists from various disciplines together to discuss the state-of-the-art methodologies for linking different length and time scales, and for understanding and predicting the behavior of complex materials systems. The symposium was organized around several major themes representing current challenges in multiscale simulation and modeling: length-scale and time-scale problems, applications to microstructure evolution, plastic deformation and fracture, multiscale modeling schemes, length scales and size effects. We hope that this volume will serve as a useful tool for the reader interested in these recent achievements.