----- Title: ----- Advances in Computational Nanomechanics of Fracture and Plasticity ----------- Organizers: ----------- Sulin Zhang Department of Mechanical Engineering 863 W. Dickson Street Fayetteville, AR 72701 Email: szhang1@uark.edu Phone 479-575-6701 Douglas Spearot Department of Mechanical Engineering 863 W. Dickson Street Fayetteville, AR 72701 Email: dspearot@uark.edu Phone: 479-575-3040 Ting Zhu George W. Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering Georgia Institute of Technology Atlanta, GA 30332 Email: ting.zhu@me.gatech.edu Phone: 404-894-6597 ------------------------- Minisymposium description: ------------------------- A coherent understanding of material plasticity and fracture demands theoretical and computational modeling of defect nucleation, interaction and evolution mechanisms across different length scales. The primary objective of this mini-symposium is to provide a national forum for exchanging new ideas and presenting recent research advances in computational defect mechanics with microstructural length scales ranging from discrete atoms to the continuum. The emphasis of this symposium is placed on elucidating the atomistic mechanisms that govern the macroscopic responses of materials using advanced computational tools. Contributions are invited for but not limited to the following topics: (a) Mechanical properties of defect-containing nanostructured materials, such as carbon nanotubes, nanowires and thin films, using ab initio, molecular dynamics, and continuum approaches (b) Advanced multiscale methods for bridging quantum mechanics, molecular mechanics and continuum mechanics, capable of treating defects at different length scales (c) Fracture, failure and damage mechanics for nanoscale structures and materials (d) Plastic deformation and dislocation activity in nanocrystalline materials (e) Stress/strain-mediated defect nucleation and defect evolution (f) Dislocation dynamics simulations