Btw, I am not saying that the algorithm does not work. It does, under a certain choice of the involved parameters. Simply, it is not clear to me how the cell mass is supposed to affect the problem and to which extent. Hence, I am looking for your suggestions to somehow replace it.
Chiara On 13 November 2010 01:13, chiara modenese <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Bruno, > > since as you say it is a mass density, that would not work. I mean, I have > tried different cell dimensions (I guess that is what you mean with size of > the period) and have employed different size distributions. In all the > cases, the same problem was shown. This mass value influences very much the > stability, and one has only to guess about it (I mean, it is a random > number, depending also on the micromechanical parameters chosen). Besides > this, it does not have a proper physical meaning for the purpose of the > simulation. That is why I do not understand its role. I think we could write > the algorithm in a simpler way, if you have any ideas how to do it > differently do let me know. > > Cheers. Chiara > > > > > On 12 November 2010 18:37, Bruno Chareyre <[email protected]>wrote: > >> Hi Chiara, >> >> "mass" can be seen as a mass density. What happens if you keep it constant >> and you change the size of the period or the size of particles? >> Can it trigger instabilities? >> Bruno >> >> _______________________________________________ >> 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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