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Enum: MaterialsSimulationType

Computational simulation methods used in materials science for predicting structure, properties, and behavior of materials

URI: valuesets:MaterialsSimulationType

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Permissible Values

Value Title Meaning Description
DENSITY_FUNCTIONAL_THEORY Quantum mechanical method for computing electronic structure based on electron density functionals
MOLECULAR_DYNAMICS Molecular Dynamics NCIT:C18097 Simulation of atomic and molecular motion by numerically integrating equations of motion
MONTE_CARLO SWO:4000008 Stochastic simulation method using random sampling to explore configuration space
PHASE_FIELD_MODELING Continuum method for simulating microstructure evolution using order parameter fields
FINITE_ELEMENT_ANALYSIS Numerical method for solving partial differential equations by dividing a domain into discrete elements
CONTINUUM_MECHANICS Modeling material behavior at the macroscopic scale using continuous field equations
TIGHT_BINDING Semi-empirical quantum mechanical method using parameterized Hamiltonian matrices
AB_INITIO_MOLECULAR_DYNAMICS Molecular dynamics with forces computed from first-principles electronic structure calculations
MACHINE_LEARNING_POTENTIAL Interatomic potentials trained on quantum mechanical data using machine learning methods
COARSE_GRAINED_SIMULATION Simulation using simplified representations that group atoms into larger effective interaction sites

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Name Description
materials_simulation_type Types of computational simulation methods for materials science

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description: Computational simulation methods used in materials science for predicting
  structure, properties, and behavior of materials
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contributors:
- orcid:0000-0002-6601-2165
- https://github.com/anthropics/claude-code
status: DRAFT
rank: 1000
permissible_values:
  DENSITY_FUNCTIONAL_THEORY:
    text: DENSITY_FUNCTIONAL_THEORY
    description: Quantum mechanical method for computing electronic structure based
      on electron density functionals
  MOLECULAR_DYNAMICS:
    text: MOLECULAR_DYNAMICS
    description: Simulation of atomic and molecular motion by numerically integrating
      equations of motion
    meaning: NCIT:C18097
    title: Molecular Dynamics
  MONTE_CARLO:
    text: MONTE_CARLO
    description: Stochastic simulation method using random sampling to explore configuration
      space
    meaning: SWO:4000008
  PHASE_FIELD_MODELING:
    text: PHASE_FIELD_MODELING
    description: Continuum method for simulating microstructure evolution using order
      parameter fields
  FINITE_ELEMENT_ANALYSIS:
    text: FINITE_ELEMENT_ANALYSIS
    description: Numerical method for solving partial differential equations by dividing
      a domain into discrete elements
  CONTINUUM_MECHANICS:
    text: CONTINUUM_MECHANICS
    description: Modeling material behavior at the macroscopic scale using continuous
      field equations
  TIGHT_BINDING:
    text: TIGHT_BINDING
    description: Semi-empirical quantum mechanical method using parameterized Hamiltonian
      matrices
  AB_INITIO_MOLECULAR_DYNAMICS:
    text: AB_INITIO_MOLECULAR_DYNAMICS
    description: Molecular dynamics with forces computed from first-principles electronic
      structure calculations
  MACHINE_LEARNING_POTENTIAL:
    text: MACHINE_LEARNING_POTENTIAL
    description: Interatomic potentials trained on quantum mechanical data using machine
      learning methods
  COARSE_GRAINED_SIMULATION:
    text: COARSE_GRAINED_SIMULATION
    description: Simulation using simplified representations that group atoms into
      larger effective interaction sites