Effects of water on chemomechanical instabilities in amorphous silica : nanoscale experiments and molecular simulation

Thesis (Ph. D.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Civil and Environmental Engineering, 2007. === Includes bibliographical references (leaves 95-103). === We elucidate the tensile failure mechanism of amorphous silica and the effects of water on the process, combining: (a) atomic force...

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Main Author: Silva, Emílio César Cavalcante Melo da
Other Authors: Sidney Yip and Krystyn Van Vliet.
Format: Others
Language:English
Published: Massachusetts Institute of Technology 2008
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/42221