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SUMMARY:On the Mesoscale Science Frontier in Materials Theory and Simulati
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CATEGORIES:Conferences - Seminars
DESCRIPTION:Prof. Sidney Yip (MIT\, Cambridge\, USA)\nThird NCCR MARVEL D
 istinguished LectureAbstract:\nA frontier in theory\, modeling and simulat
 ion of materials exists at the mesoscale. The challenge is to predict and 
 explain properties and behavior at the macroscale (usually from experiment
 s) using model and simulation at the nano-level. At stake is the determina
 tion of the controlling mechanisms and the ability to manipulate the funct
 ionality of specific materials. Conceptually it is also the key to expand 
 on the notion of self-organized criticality. We consider examples of mater
 ials aging phenomena where the challenge lies in dealing with the slow dyn
 amics involved and bridging time scales in multiscale and multiphysics sim
 ulations. These examples include glass viscosity\, creep in crystalline an
 d amorphous solids\, and cement setting and durability.
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