[lammps-users] compression test at 0K





Dear All,

I want to do compression test and plot stress-strain curve for a gold sample at 0K. I want to apply strain in finite number of steps.
All the boundaries are periodic.
Can any one suggest me how to do this in lammps.

Thanks
Sivashankar






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I would start by using fix-deform - > documentation at http://lammps.sandia.gov/doc/fix_deform.html
Use a potential for Au -> Au_u3.eam from the potentials directory of LAMMPS.

Manoj

Hi manoj,
thanks for the reply.
if i understand the manual correctly, fix deform is used only for dynamics.
but i am doing compression test for statics case (0K).

sivashankar

Hi.

I think by choosing an appropriately long simulation time and choosing the value of “N (= perform box deformation every this many timesteps)” such that the atoms equilibrate - several tens of pico-secunds is my guess; you can get a stress - vs - strain curve during compression. You can use “fix NVT” to fix the temperature at desired value.

I hope this should work (except that one must make sure that the system has equilibrated in-between deformation events).

Please bear with me in case I am missing a point.
Manoj

If you want to change the box during a minimization (statics) then
use fix box/relax.

Steve