A single rigid chain in zigzag shear flow (s=0.01) at kBT=0 †
- cf. "A single chain in zigzag shear flow (s=0.01) at kBT=0" in Chain Motions
- Simulation parameters (
s001_t000_rigid.udf)
- CFD Lattice: 32 x 64 x 16 mesh
- Number of Beads: N = 5
- Diameter of Particles: D = 4 mesh
- Volume Fraction: Φ = 0.041
- Temperature: kBT = 1.0
- Shear Rate: s = 0.01
- Number of Iteration Steps: 240000
- Computation Time: 1 day on 8 cores (with ICC+MKL+OMP)
A helical chain at a constant velocity †
- Simulation parameters (N30k3.0p52.0_vy.udf)
- CFD Lattice: 256 x 256 x 256 mesh
- Number of Beads: N = 30
- Diameter of Particles: D = 4 mesh
- Volume Fraction: Φ = 0.00048
- Velocity: V = -0.005
- Number of Iteration Steps: 100000
- Computation Time: 4 days on single core
- Parameters of the helical particle
- Orientation: crockwise
- Number of Beads: N = 30
- Number of Turns: k = 3.0
- Helical Pitch: p = 52.0 mesh
A helical chain at a constant angular velocity †
- Simulation parameters (N30k3.0p52.0_omegay.udf)
- CFD Lattice: 256 x 256 x 256 mesh
- Number of Beads: N = 30
- Diameter of Particles: D = 4 mesh
- Volume Fraction: Φ = 0.00048
- Angular Velocity: Ω = 0.00041
- Number of Iteration Steps: 100000
- Computation Time: 4 days on single core
- Parameters of the helical particle
- Orientation: crockwise
- Number of Beads: N = 30
- Number of Turns: k = 3.0
- Helical Pitch: p = 52.0 mesh
A helical chain in a gravitational field †
- Simulation parameters (N30k3.0p52.0_gravity.udf)
- CFD Lattice: 256 x 256 x 256 mesh
- Number of Beads: N = 30
- Diameter of Particles: D = 4 mesh
- Volume Fraction: Φ = 0.00048
- Gravity: g = -0.01
- Number of Iteration Steps: 100000
- Computation Time: 1.1 day on 8 cores (with ICC+MKL+OMP)
- Parameters of the helical particle
- Orientation: crockwise
- Number of Beads: N = 30
- Number of Turns: k = 3.0
- Helical Pitch: p = 52.0 mesh
Helical chains in a gravitational field †
- Simulation parameters (helixes_gravity.udf)
- CFD Lattice: 256 x 256 x 256 mesh
- Number of Beads: N = 100
- Diameter of Particles: D = 4 mesh
- Volume Fraction: Φ = 0.0016
- Gravity: g = -0.01
- Number of Iteration Steps: 100000
- Computation Time: 1.1 day on 8 cores (with ICC+MKL+OMP)
- Parameters of the helical particles (left-to-right)
- Number of Beads: N = 35, 25, 40
- Number of Turns: k = 4.0, 2.5, 3.0
- Helical Pitch: p = 20.0, 44.0, 36.0
Helical chains in zigzag shear flow with Lees-Edwards periodic boundary condition †
- Simulation parameters (helixes_shear0005.udf)
- CFD Lattice: 256 x 256 x 256 mesh
- Number of Beads: N = 100
- Diameter of Particles: D = 4 mesh
- Volume Fraction: Φ = 0.0016
- Shear Rate: s = 0.005
- Number of Iteration Steps: 50000
- Computation Time: 2 days on 8 cores (with ICC+MKL+OMP)
- Parameters of the helical particles (left-to-right)
- Number of Beads: N = 35, 25, 40
- Number of Turns: k = 4.0, 2.5, 3.0
- Helical Pitch: p = 20.0, 44.0, 36.0
- Files needed for reproducing this simulation
- Tools for helical particles
