Which atom_style to choose

Submitted by bnaar on Wed, 01/20/2016 - 15:00

I am trying to simulate a deformable particle and I was wondering what you have experienced as a good atom_style to use.

Because I thought that the atom_style bond or body (from Lammps) would suffice, but both appear to be non-existent in the Public version of Liggghts. At least, I thought that atom_style bond would, but when using I obtain the error message "ERROR: Invalid atom style (../atom.cpp:432)".

Hence, what would you think is a good atom_style to use for a deformable (donut like shaped) particle?

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ckloss | Mon, 01/25/2016 - 22:25

Hi bnaar,

there is no functionality available in LIGGGHTS-PUBLIC to accurately simulate deformable particles.

Best wishes
Christoph