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Re: Periodic triaxial

 

> One more question. Why do not we move the spheres through the periodic
> boundaries instead of updating their positions? Would this be
> possible? I mean, like treating the periodic boundaries as walls. ATM,
> we use the rule of continuum mechanics to updated positions of
> discrete particles, but is this correct dealing with a particulate
> system? Would not be better to apply the strain rate to the moving
> periodic boundaries and as a consequence moving the balls?
The boundaries don't really exist, they are purely numerical entities
correspoding to Cell::refSize and Cell::trsf. Particles are free to move
in any way, they only interact as if they were copied in all (infinite
number of) periodic cells. Hope this answers your question.

Vaclav






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