The vast gap between the molecular dynamics (MD) and experimental time scales poses serious problems to direct comparison between the MD simulation and experimental results. The inability of the traditional MD simulation methods to model long enough time scales also results in modeling unrealistically high loading rates and strain rates that are usually at least six or seven orders of magnitude higher than the corresponding experimental values. This may have a tremendous effect on the realism and quality of the simulation results. In the current presentation, the issues of the time-scale disparity between MD and experiments are discussed, and a novel approach to extending the MD time scale is proposed. The new method essentially consists in coupling molecular dynamics and molecular statics in one numerical simulation.
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