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Introduction to Simulation Techniques on the Cement-Based Materials

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Molecular simulation includes both theoretical methods and computational techniques to model the various properties of the molecules. The techniques have been widely applied in the fields of computational chemistry, drug design, computational biology, and materials science. With the development of science and technology, the modern computer provided strong support on the molecular simulation.

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Hou, D. (2020). Introduction to Simulation Techniques on the Cement-Based Materials. In: Molecular Simulation on Cement-Based Materials. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-8711-1_3

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