Influence of the long-range forces in non-Gaussian random-packing dynamics

DOI10.1016/J.PHYSLETA.2019.125884MaRDI QIDQ2232808zbMATH OpenOpenAlexWikidataFDO

Authors Carlos Handrey Araujo Ferraz

Publication date 11 October 2021

Published in Physics Letters. A (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/1811.10741

zbMATH Keywords

Lennard-Jones potentialmolecular dynamics simulationsnon-Gaussian distributionsrandom packing

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Statistical mechanics in condensed matter (general) (82D03) Computational molecular dynamics in statistical mechanics (82M37)

Abstract: In this paper, we perform molecular dynamics (MD) simulations to study the random packing of spheres with different particle size distributions. In particular, we deal with non-Gaussian distributions by means of the L'evy distributions. The initial positions, as well as the radii of five thousand non-overlapping particles, are assigned inside a confining rectangular box. After that, the system is allowed to settle under gravity towards the bottom of the box. Both the translational and rotational movements of each particle are considered in the simulations. In order to deal with interacting particles, we take into account both the contact and long-range cohesive forces. The normal viscoelastic force is calculated according to the nonlinear Hertz model, whereas the tangential force is calculated through an accurate nonlinear-spring model. Assuming a molecular approach, we account for the long-range cohesive forces using a Lennard-Jones(LJ)-like potential. The packing processes are studied assuming different long-range interaction strengths.

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