2010/6/2 Václav Šmilauer <[email protected]> > > > One more question. Why do not we move the spheres through the periodic > > boundaries instead of updating their positions? Would this be > > possible? I mean, like treating the periodic boundaries as walls. ATM, > > we use the rule of continuum mechanics to updated positions of > > discrete particles, but is this correct dealing with a particulate > > system? Would not be better to apply the strain rate to the moving > > periodic boundaries and as a consequence moving the balls? > The boundaries don't really exist, they are purely numerical entities > correspoding to Cell::refSize and Cell::trsf. Particles are free to move > in any way, they only interact as if they were copied in all (infinite > number of) periodic cells. Hope this answers your question. >
Hi Vaclav, yes I understand there is no boundary, but my guess was if it would be somehow possible to "have" them and have the periodic working as well. However, I am not sure if this would make sense in this case.. Perhaps it does not, sorry. Chiara > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Mailing list: > https://launchpad.net/~yade-users<https://launchpad.net/%7Eyade-users> > Post to : [email protected] > Unsubscribe : > https://launchpad.net/~yade-users<https://launchpad.net/%7Eyade-users> > More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp >
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