Abstract
Recent decade, atomistic simulations, such as molecular dynamics and Monte Carlo method, have been developed with help of computation power. In the present paper, typical applications of atomistic simulation to fatigue fracture are reviewed. Some direct simulations for fatigue phenomena are successful, but most researches are focused to its fundamental processes. It is pointed out that such basic calculation can be applicable to multi-scale simulations in engineering level with linking discrete dislocation dynamics and macroscopic cohesive zone model and so on. Future trends in study of fracture from atomistic simulation are expected and discussed.
