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Assignments and Resources for Weizmann Short Course, August 16-27, 2020

Tasks and assignments are arrange by the days of the course. Before each class, students should:

• • Review the optional reading from the Continuum Mechanics and Thermodynamics (CMT) and Modeling Materials (MM) books.

  • Watch the assigned lectures (duration in minutes is indicated).

  • Prepare at least one question for each assigned lecture and add these at the provided link (include your name with your questions). (If you see another question that is close to yours, you can add your name).

Daily assignments:

• Day 01: Sunday 16-Aug-2020

  • • Optional reading: MM Chapter 1. MM Sections 2.1.1, 2.1.5, 2.2 (continuum), 3.1.-3.6 (crystals)

    • Watch lectures:

    • Intro and Crystals (Perfect Crystals) (57:23)

    • Continuum Mechanics (Welcome) (02:47)

    • Continuum Mechanics (Tensors) (32:40)

    • Continuum Mechanics (Kinematics) (58:44)

• • Post Day 1 questions (before class)

• Day 02: Monday 17-Aug-2020

  • • Optional reading: MM Sections 2.3.1, 2.3.2 and 2.3.4 (continuum).

    • Watch lectures:

    • Intro and Crystals (Surfaces and Interfaces) (29:10)

    • Intro and Crystals (Dislocations) (33:16)

    • Intro and Crystals (Other Defects) (20:32)

    • Continuum Mechanics (Balance Laws) (01:02:48)

• • Post Day 2 questions (before class)

• Day 03: Tuesday 18-Aug-2020

  • • Optional reading: MM Sections 2.4.1, 2.4.3, 2.4.6 , 2.5, 2.6 (continuum), 4.1-4.3 (quantum mechanics)

    • Watch lectures:

    • Intro and Crystals (Multiscale Overview) (31:04)

    • Continuum Mechanics (Thermodynamics) (15:20)

    • Continuum Mechanics (Constitutive Relations) (27:39)

    • Continuum Mechanics (Boundary-Value Problems) (28:31)

    • Quantum Mechanics and DFT (quantum mechanics) (32:35)

• • Post Day 3 questions (before class)

• Day 04: Wednesday 19-Aug-2020

  • • Optional reading: MM Sections 4.1-4.4 (DFT), 5.4-5.6 (classical atomistics)

    • Watch lectures:

    • Quantum Mechanics and DFT (density functional theory) (46:31)

    • Classical Atomistic Modeling (Objectives) (09:37)

    • Classical Atomistic Modeling (General Properties) (39:08)

    • Classical Atomistic Modeling (Appendix on Central Force Decomposition) (18:01) (optional)

    • Classical Atomistic Modeling (Types of Interatomic Potentials) (01:36:56)

• • Post Day 4 questions (before class)

• Day 05: Thursday 20-Aug-2020

  • • Optional reading: MM Sections 6.1, 6.2, 6.4, 6.5 (molecular statics)

    • Watch lectures:

    • Classical Atomistic Modeling (Molecular Statics) (1:03:35)

    • Classical Atomistic Modeling (Knowledgebase of Interatomic Models) (1:02:49)

• • Post Day 5 questions (before class)

• Day 06: Sunday 23-Aug-2020

  • • Optional reading: MM Sections 7.1, 7.2 (statistical mechanics), 6.4, 8.2, 8.3 (stress), 9.2, 9.3-9.5 (molecular dynamics)

    • Watch lectures:

    • Statistical Mechanics and MD (Hamiltonian systems) (27:54)

    • Statistical Mechanics and MD (Statistical Mechanics) (39:26)

    • Statistical Mechanics and MD (Harmonic Approximation) (26:42)

    • Statistical Mechanics and MD (Molecular Dynamics) (46:11)

    • Statistical Mechanics and MD (Transition State Theory) (18:48)

    • Stress in MD (1:19:40)

• • Post Day 6 questions (before class)

• Day 07: Monday 24-Aug-2020

  • • Optional reading: None

    • Watch lectures:

    • Hands-On MD (11:14)

    • No questions

• Day 08: Tuesday 25-Aug-2020

  • • Optional reading: CMT chapter 9

    • Watch lectures:

    • Finite Element Method (problem setup) (24:26)

    • Finite Element Method (shape functions) (27.20)

    • Finite Element Method (axisymmetric example) (07:43)

    • Finite Element Method (nonlinear effects) (20:41)

    • Finite Element Method (minimization) (33:09)

    • Finite Element Method (dynamics) (29:41)

• • Post Day 8 questions (before class)

• Day 09: Wednesday 26-Aug-2020

  • • Optional reading: MM Chapter 10 (what is multiscale?), Chapters 12-13 (QC method)

    • Watch lectures:

    • What is multiscale (49:14)

    • The Quasicontinuum (QC) Method (39:37)

    • Modeling Materials Applications (23:43)

• • Post Day 9 questions (before class)

• Day 10: Thursday 27-Aug-2020

  • • Optional reading: QC Tutorial Manual (in QC_v1.4/Docs directory)

    • Watch lectures:

    • Hands-On QC (45:59)

    • No questions