Set timing to drop particles

Submitted by laudari on Thu, 02/18/2021 - 06:35

Hello liggghts forum,

Is it possible to set timing while dropping particles? I mean I want to drop particle A1, and after few seconds I want to drop particle A2 and so on.

Right now I am using this command,
fix ins nve_group insert/pack seed 32452867 distributiontemplate pdd1 insert_every 1 overlapcheck yes all_in yes particles_in_region 1 region bc

It drops particles a1, a2, and so on but timing between two particles is very fast. This is giving me collision while dropping and bouncing.
Is there any idea to set timing between two particles while dropping?

Thank you so much.

mschramm | Thu, 02/18/2021 - 16:32

Hello,
the way you control the insertion is with "insert_every n"
where n is the number of steps between insertion attempts.
Your command of "insert_every 1" has LIGGGHTS trying to insert new particles every step and as soon as a particle leaves your region, a new one is inserted.