Physics – Condensed Matter – Soft Condensed Matter
Scientific paper
2011-08-25
Physics
Condensed Matter
Soft Condensed Matter
Scientific paper
An expression for the stress tensor near an external boundary of a discrete mechanical system is derived explicitly in terms of the constituents' degrees of freedom and interaction forces. Starting point is the exact and general coarse graining formulation presented by Goldhirsch in [I. Goldhirsch, Gran. Mat., 12(3):239-252, 2010], which is consistent with the continuum equations everywhere but does not account for boundaries. Our extension accounts for the boundary interaction forces in a self-consistent way and thus allows the construction of continuous stress fields that obey the macroscopic conservation laws even within one coarse-graining width of the boundary. The resolution and shape of the coarse-graining function used in the formulation can be chosen freely, such that both microscopic and macroscopic effects can be studied. The method does not require temporal averaging and thus can be used to investigate time-dependent flows as well as static and steady situations. Finally, the fore-mentioned continuous field can be used to define 'fuzzy' (highly rough) boundaries. Two discrete particle method simulations are presented in which the novel boundary treatment is exemplified, including a chute flow over a base with roughness greater than a particle diameter.
Bokhove Onno
Luding Stefan
Thornton Anthony R.
Weinhart Thomas
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