# Input file for uniaxial compressive loading of single crystal aluminum # Mark Tschopp, November 2010 # ------------------------ INITIALIZATION ---------------------------- clear #atom_style full units metal #dimension 3 #boundary p p p read_data c3a.data #atom_style atomic #atom_style bond #atom_style full #variable latparam equal 4.05 # ----------------------- ATOM DEFINITION ---------------------------- lattice none 1.0 region whole block -0.734817727 12.710182273 -2.110179629 14.228615176 -0.441579150 15.429602222 create_box 1 whole #region upper block INF INF INF INF INF INF units box #lattice fcc ${latparam} orient x 1 0 0 orient y 0 1 0 orient z 0 0 1 #create_atoms 1 region upper # ------------------------ FORCE FIELDS ------------------------------ pair_style lj/cut 2.5 pair_coeff * * compass_published.frc # ------------------------- SETTINGS --------------------------------- compute csym all centro/atom fcc compute peratom all pe/atom ###################################### # EQUILIBRATION reset_timestep 0 timestep 0.001 velocity all create 300 12345 mom yes rot no fix 1 all npt temp 300 300 1 iso 0 0 1 drag 1 # Set thermo output thermo 1000 thermo_style custom step lx ly lz press pxx pyy pzz pe temp # Run for at least 10 picosecond (assuming 1 fs timestep) run 20000 unfix 1 # Store final cell length for strain calculations variable tmp equal "lx" variable L0 equal ${tmp} print "Initial Length, L0: ${L0}" ###################################### # DEFORMATION reset_timestep 0 fix 1 all npt temp 300 300 1 y 0 0 1 z 0 0 1 drag 1 variable srate equal 1.0e10 variable srate1 equal "-v_srate / 1.0e12" fix 2 all deform 1 x erate ${srate1} units box remap x # Output strain and stress info to file # for units metal, pressure is in [bars] = 100 [kPa] = 1/10000 [GPa] # p2, p3, p4 are in GPa variable strain equal "(lx - v_L0)/v_L0" variable p1 equal "v_strain" variable p2 equal "-pxx/10000" variable p3 equal "-pyy/10000" variable p4 equal "-pzz/10000" fix def1 all print 100 "${p1} ${p2} ${p3} ${p4}" file Al_comp_100.def1.txt screen no # Dump to cfg for Ovito post processing dump 1 all custom 250 dump.comp.* id type xs ys zs c_csym c_peratom fx fy fz # Display thermo thermo 1000 thermo_style custom step v_strain temp v_p2 v_p3 v_p4 ke pe press run 20000 ###################################### # SIMULATION DONE print "All done"