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Is there any way to restart simulation?

Submitted by fabregas04 on Thu, 07/05/2018 - 17:02

Hi,

I was running a simulation which takes a lot of time, but didn't put any lines to save the restart files.

But the simulation stops because storage of my machine becomes full.

Is there any way to restart the simulation with my dump files?

Any recommendations will be welcomed :D

Dose restart has the similar function as purgeWrite in OpenFOAM/system/controlDict

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Submitted by Min Zhang on Tue, 07/03/2018 - 16:34

Hello All,

We know that in OpenFOAM/system/controlDict, we can set the writeInterval, eg., 0.1 and my end time is 500. I can also set purgeWrite to be 6, then it will only store the latest 6 writeInterval steps, eg. 400.1, 400.2, 400.3, 400.4, 400.5, 400.6 if my simulation has run for 400.6667.

I am wondering whether the restart command in liggghts has the similar functionality.

Thanks and best regards,
Min

Delete the smallest particles in the computational region

Submitted by Zheng Hu on Tue, 06/26/2018 - 00:41

Hi colleagues,

I want to ask is there any method to delete particles with a certain diameter. In my simulation, I have the particles with diameter ranging from 1 mm to 10 mm, now I want to delete the smallest particles with d=1mm. I have sought the command "delete_atoms group" while found I con not define a group with a certain diameter. How could I delete the smallest particles? Could anyone give me any clues? Thanks.

With regards,
Zheng

Implementation of the Thornton/Ning contact model LIGGGHTS v3.8.0

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Submitted by Bias on Wed, 06/20/2018 - 10:47

Hi,
I'm interested in using the Thornton Ning contact model that was implemented in release 3.8.0 in LIGGGHTS. I also read in the release post that "currently there is no doc yet, this will hopefully be in the next release.". Is there anywhere I can read about the implementation of the contact model?

LIGGGHTS to Model Masonry

Submitted by mhallee on Tue, 06/19/2018 - 15:49

I am trying to use LIGGGHTS to model bricks in a masonry structure. I am using the superquadric particle template with blockiness parameters of 4.0 and axes lengths of half length, height, and width. This works fine for regular walls where bricks have a parallel arrangement.

However, I would like to be able to model arches and other curved structures, as well. In these cases, the super quadric needs to be inserted at an angle. I do not see a way to do this in the documentation (linked below). Does LIGGGHTS support this functionality?

Creating a pipe-shaped volume

Submitted by ROK_LZ_FW on Mon, 06/18/2018 - 15:26

Hello,

I'm trying to build a pipe shaped volume for my LIGGGHTS-simulation using the following commands

region cout cylinder z 0. 0. 0.04 0. 0.3 units box
region cin cylinder z 0. 0. 0.003 0. 0.3 units box
region cd intersect 2 cout cin

When I run the calculation I get the error message 'unable to calculate region volume'.
So how is the right syntax to create a pipe volume?
Thanks for help

Florian

suppress / stop terminal messages

Submitted by Schuette on Wed, 06/13/2018 - 11:15

Hey everyone,

is it possible to suppress/stop the terminal output? For example this output:
Total # of neighbors = 5195
Ave neighs/atom = 1.9678
...
...
...
Loop time of 0.0997219

I want to speed up my overall simulation time and I hope this will do it at least a bit.
I haven't found any existing post, so I'm really grateful for any input.

Greetings,
Schuette

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