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[chiara modenese <c.modenese@xxxxxxxxx>]

2010/6/2 Václav Šmilauer <eudoxos@xxxxxxxx>

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> > 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.
>

Hi Vaclav,
yes I understand there is no boundary, but my guess was if it would be
somehow possible to "have" them and have the periodic working as well.
However, I am not sure if this would make sense in this case.. Perhaps it
does not, sorry.
Chiara

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