Multiscale treatment of thin-film lubrication

Z. B. Wu, D. J. Diestler, X. C. Zeng

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Abstract

A multiscale technique that combines an atomistic description of the interfacial (near) region with a coarse-grained (continuum) description of the far regions of the solid substrates is proposed. The new hybrid technique, which represents an advance over a previously proposed dynamically-constrained hybrid atomistic-coarse-grained treatment (Wu, et al., J. Chem. Phys. 120, 6744, 2004), is applied to a two-dimensional model tribological system comprising planar substrates sandwiching a monolayer film. Shear-stress profiles (shear stress versus strain) computed by the new hybrid technique are in excellent agreement with "exact" profiles (i.e., those computed treating the whole system at the atomic scale).

Original languageEnglish (US)
Title of host publication2005 NSTI Nanotechnology Conference and Trade Show - NSTI Nanotech 2005 Technical Proceedings
EditorsM. Laudon, B. Romanowicz
Pages672-675
Number of pages4
StatePublished - 2005
Event2005 NSTI Nanotechnology Conference and Trade Show - NSTI Nanotech 2005 - Anaheim, CA, United States
Duration: May 8 2005May 12 2005

Publication series

Name2005 NSTI Nanotechnology Conference and Trade Show - NSTI Nanotech 2005 Technical Proceedings

Conference

Conference2005 NSTI Nanotechnology Conference and Trade Show - NSTI Nanotech 2005
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CityAnaheim, CA
Period5/8/055/12/05

Keywords

  • Coarse-grained
  • Film
  • Interface
  • Lubrication
  • Multiscale

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • General Engineering

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