Extract Contact Model Properties

Submitted by estefan31 on Sun, 03/12/2017 - 22:09

How can I extract information on the contact model properties in my simulation (e.g., Young's modulus, coefficient of friction, etc.)? For debugging purposes, I want to be able to check that the right contact properties are being applied to different groups of particles and that the coefficient of friction changes when I put in a new 'fix property/global' partway through the simulation. I already know how to extract forces, overlaps, etc. using compute pair/gran/local but this doesn't give me any information on the actual contact model parameters.

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ckloss | Mon, 03/13/2017 - 21:27

Hi Estafan,

there is no "standard route" to outpt  Young's modulus, coefficient of friction, etc because they are only simple and concise input.
But if you're not sure, you can add a printf into the code for debugging purposes - directly in the contact model would work best!

Best wishes

Christoph