The mechanical integrity of hierarchical porous structures depends on their pore morphology. To investigate the role of pore morphology on the mechanical and fracture behaviors of these complex systems, a multi-scale approach has been proposed. This paper shows how molecular dynamics simulations provide the means to extract material properties at the atomistic scale to further inform phase-field fracture technique at the continuum scale in an attempt to understand the mechanical response of these porous materials.
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