[lammps-users] descriptions of the examples

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Dear LAMMPS group,

I am wondering if there is any documents existed that have more detailed descriptions of the cases under examples directory. If not, does anyone plan to start writing it?

Does anyone has a plan to start something like a wiki to have tutorials or any more detailed documentations of lammps so that it is easier for newbies to learn lammps quicker?

Best,

Pei

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Dear LAMMPS group,

I am wondering if there is any documents existed that have more detailed
descriptions of the cases under examples directory. If not, does anyone
plan to start writing it?

how about you? i taught myself how to use several software packages
by improving the documentation for people who are learning it. this is
something that is very difficult to do for somebody that cannot easily
assess what kind of questions and problems somebody like you
may have.

Does anyone has a plan to start something like a wiki to have tutorials or
any more detailed documentations of lammps so that it is easier for newbies
to learn lammps quicker?

this has just been discussed the other day amongst a larger group
of LAMMPS users and developers. i am certain that there will be some
kind of announcement soon. but don't hold your breath. tutorials and
wikis need to be filled by people, and see above for my opinion on
who would be most qualified to start. a wiki is actually the best way
to share this kind of workload, since a more experienced person can
with rather little effort correct mistakes, but often does not have the
kind of perspective that a less experienced person has.

cheers,
    axel.

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Dear Axel,

I will be glad to contribute if I can. If some kind of wiki is launched, I will be glad to post whatever I learn.

My background is in CFD. My immediate interest is in 2 areas: 1) granular flow; 2) 1 - 3 micron particles (collision + bonding, several millions) “sloshing” in a say, 6 mm X 12 mm X 30 mm box. Can you suggestion where I should start, in terms of learning the physics/theory and lammps?

Best,

Pei

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Since LAMMPS is an MD code, the "theory" is any good stat mech
book on MD, like Allen and Tildesley. For granular systems, you can
search for DEM and find tutorial and review papers on DEM and MD
methods for granular. There are some papers about the granular
models in LAMMPS listed on the papers section of the WWW site.

Steve