1. Fast time-reversible algorithms for molecular dynamics of rigid-body systems.
- Author
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Kajima, Yasuhiro, Hiyama, Miyabi, Ogata, Shuji, Kobayashi, Ryo, and Tamura, Tomoyuki
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MOLECULAR dynamics ,ALGORITHMS ,RIGID bodies ,COMPUTER simulation ,QUATERNIONS ,STABILITY (Mechanics) - Abstract
In this paper, we present time-reversible simulation algorithms for rigid bodies in the quaternion representation. By advancing a time-reversible algorithm [Y. Kajima, M. Hiyama, S. Ogata, and T. Tamura, J. Phys. Soc. Jpn. 80, 114002 (2011)] that requires iterations in calculating the angular velocity at each time step, we propose two kinds of iteration-free fast time-reversible algorithms. They are easily implemented in codes. The codes are compared with that of existing algorithms through demonstrative simulation of a nanometer-sized water droplet to find their stability of the total energy and computation speeds. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2012
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