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We study (2+1)-dimensional single step model (SSM) for crystal growth including both deposition and evaporation processes parametrized by a single control parameter $p$. Using extensive numerical simulations with a relatively high…
When one slightly pushes a thin elastic sheet at its center into a hollow cylinder, the sheet forms (to a high degree of approximation) a developable cone, or "d-cone" for short. Here we investigate one particular aspect of d-cones, namely…
Growth of interfaces during vapor deposition are analyzed on a discrete lattice. Foe a rough surface, relation between the roughness exponent alpha, and corresponding step-step (slope-slope) couplings is obtained in (1+1) and (2+1)…
We apply the derivative expansion of the effective action in the exact renormalization group equation up to fourth order to the $Z_2$ and $O(N)$ symmetric scalar models in $d=3$ Euclidean dimensions. We compute the critical exponents $\nu$,…
We study the critical relaxation of the two-dimensional Ising model from a fully ordered configuration by series expansion in time t and by Monte Carlo simulation. Both the magnetization (m) and energy series are obtained up to 12-th order.…
A first-principles method is presented to calculate elastic constants up to the fourth order of crystals with the cubic and hexagonal symmetries. The method relies on the numerical differentiation of the second Piola-Kirchhoff stress tensor…
This paper is devoted to classical variational problems for planar elastic curves of clamped endpoints, so-called Euler's elastica problem. We investigate a straightening limit that means enlarging the distance of the endpoints, and obtain…
Consider a system of N identical hard spherical particles moving in a d-dimensional box and undergoing elastic, possibly multi-particle, collisions. We develop a new algorithm that recovers the pre-collision state from the post-collision…
The task of finding the smallest energy needed to bring a solid to its onset of mechanical instability arises in many problems in materials science, from the determination of the elasticity limit to the consistent assignment of free…
Active control of wrinkling in soft film-substrate composites using electric fields is a critical challenge in tunable material systems. Here, we investigate the electro-mechanical instability of a soft dielectric film bonded to a…
For Anderson localization models, there exists an exact real-space renormalization procedure at fixed energy which preserves the Green functions of the remaining sites [H. Aoki, J. Phys. C13, 3369 (1980)]. Using this procedure for the…
We present an efficient algorithm for one- and two-component relativistic exact-decoupling calculations. Spin-orbit coupling is thus taken into account for the evaluation of relativistically transformed (one-electron) Hamiltonian. As the…
We derive a non-linear one-dimensional (1d) strain gradient model predicting the necking of soft elastic cylinders driven by surface tension, starting from 3d finite-strain elasticity. It is asymptotically correct: the microscopic…
We investigate a homogenization problem for a linearly elastic magnetic material that incorporates elastically rigid magnetic inclusions firmly bonded to the matrix. By considering a periodic arrangement of this material, we identify an…
We derive the optimal energy error estimate for multiscale finite element method with oversampling technique applying to elliptic system with rapidly oscillating periodic coefficients under the assumption that the coefficients are bounded…
Three-dimensional spin models of the Ising and XY universality classes are studied by a combination of high-temperature expansions and Monte Carlo simulations. Critical exponents are determined to very high precision. Scaling amplitude…
We study what is clearly one of the most common modes of deformation found in nature, science and engineering, namely the large elastic bending of curved structures, as well as its inverse, unbending, which can be brought beyond complete…
A mixed finite element method (MFEM), using dual-parametric piecewise bi-quadratic and affine (DP-Q2-P1) finite element approximations for the deformation and the pressure like Lagrange multiplier respectively, is developed and analyzed for…