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Computer Simulation of Sintering and Grain Growth

  • Matsubara, Hideaki
    • Journal of Powder Materials
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    • v.5 no.4
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    • pp.324-328
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    • 1998
  • This paper is aimed to study the computer simulation of sintering process for ceramics by Monte Carlo and molecular dynamics methods. Plural mechanisms of mass transfer were designed in the MC simulation of sintering process for micron size particles; the transfer of pore lattices for shrinkage and the transfer of solid lattices for grain growth ran in the calculation arrays. The MD simulation was performed in the case of nano size particles of ionic ceramics and showed the characteristic features in sintering process at atomic levels. The MC and MD simulations for sintering process are useful for microstructural design for ceramics.

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Molecular Level Understanding of Chemical Erosion on Graphite Surface using Molecular Dynamics Simulations (분자동역학을 이용한 그래파이트 표면에서의 화학적 삭마현상에 관한 분자 수준의 이해)

  • Murugesan, Ramki;Park, Gyoung Lark;Levitas, Valery I.;Yang, Heesung;Park, Jae Hyun;Ha, Dongsung
    • Journal of the Korean Society of Propulsion Engineers
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    • v.19 no.6
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    • pp.54-63
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    • 2015
  • We present a microscopic understanding of the chemical erosion due to combustion product on the nozzle throat using molecular dynamics simulations. The present erosion process consists of molecule-addition step and equilibrium step. First, either $CO_2$ or $H_2O$ are introduced into the system with high velocity to provoke the collision with graphite surface. Then, the equilibrium simulation is followed. The collision-included dissociation and its influence on the erosion is emphasized and the present molecular observations are compared with the macroscopic chemical reaction model.

A Study on Stress Intensity Factors and Dislocation Emission via Molecular Dynamics (분자수준 시뮬레이션을 이용한 응력확대계수 및 전위이동에 관한 연구)

  • Choe, Deok-Gi;Kim, Ji-Un
    • Transactions of the Korean Society of Mechanical Engineers A
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    • v.24 no.4 s.175
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    • pp.830-838
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    • 2000
  • The paper addresses an application of molecular dynamics technique for fracture mechanics. Molecular dynamics simulation is an atomistic approach, while typical numerical methods such as finite element methods are macroscopic. Using the potential functions, which express the energy of a molecular system, a virtual specimen with molecules is set up and the trajectory of every molecule can be calculated by Newton's equation of motion. Several three-dimensional models with various types of cracks are considered. The stress intensity factors, the sizes of plastic zone as well as the dislocation emission are sought to be compared with the analytical solutions, which result in good agreement.

Molecular dynamics simulations approaches for discovering anti-influenza drug

  • Cho, Sungjoon;Choi, Youngjin
    • CELLMED
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    • v.6 no.4
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    • pp.24.1-24.4
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    • 2016
  • The emergence of influenza virus and antigenic drift are potential cause of world-wide pandemic. There are some commercially available drugs in the market to treat influenza. During past decade, however, critical resistances have been raised for biological targets. Because of structural complexity and flexibility of target proteins, applying a computational modeling tool is very beneficial for developing alternative anti-influenza drugs. In this review, we introduced molecular dynamics (MD) simulations approach to reflect full conformational flexibility of proteins during molecular modeling works. Case studies of MD works were summarized for the drug discovery and drug resistance mechanism of anti-influenza pharmaceuticals.

Molecular Dynamics Simulations Study on Abrasive's Speed Change Under Pad Compression (연마패드 압력에 따른 연마입자 이동속도 변화의 분자동역학적 시뮬레이션 연구)

  • Lee, Gyoo-Yeong;Lee, Jun-Ha;Kim, Tae-Eun
    • Journal of the Korean Institute of Electrical and Electronic Material Engineers
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    • v.25 no.7
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    • pp.569-573
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    • 2012
  • We investigated the speed change of the diamond spherical abrasive during the substrate surface polishing under the pad compression by using classical molecular dynamics modeling. We performed three-dimensional molecular dynamics simulations using the Morse potential functions for the copper substrate and the Tersoff potential function for the diamond abrasive. As the compressive pressure increased, the indented depth of the diamond abrasive increased and then, the speed of the diamond abrasive along the direction of the pad moving was decreased. Molecular simulation result such as the abrasive speed decreasing due to the pad pressure increasing gave important information for the chemical mechanical polishing including the mechanical removal rate with both the pad speed and the pad compressive pressure.

Analysis of Two-Dimensional Flow Fields in the Multi-Stage Turbomolecular Pump Using the DSMC Method

  • Heo, Joong-Sik;Hwang, Young-Kyu
    • International Journal of Air-Conditioning and Refrigeration
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    • v.9 no.2
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    • pp.8-18
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    • 2001
  • The direct simulation Monte Carlo Method is applied to investigate the two-dimensional flow fields of a turbomolecular pump(TMP) in both molecular and transition flow regions. The pumping characteristics of the TMP are investigated for a wide range of the Knudsen number. The maximum of compression ratio and of pumping speed strongly depend on the Knudsen number in transition region, while they weakly depend on the Knudsen number in free molecular flow region. The present numerical results show good agreement with the previously known experimental data. Finally. the results of the single blade row in both molecular and transition regions are used to predict the overall performance of a TMP, which has three kinds of blade with 24-rows.

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