Re: peridic boundary condition

From: Himanshu Khandelia (hkhandel_at_dtc.umn.edu)
Date: Fri Mar 11 2005 - 13:57:23 CST

Periodic B.C. are used so that there are no end effects on the wall of the
simulation. that is about it.

Himanshu Khandelia

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On Fri, 11 Mar 2005, Marc Q. Ma wrote:

> Ed,
>
> > There is a physical justification for using PBC, PBC conserve the
> > momentum of the system. It is my understanding that without PBC
> > conservation of momentum is violated.
> >
> > Ed
>
> For conservative systems, conservation of momentum has nothing to do
> with boundary conditions. For MD as is row, the forces are all pairwise
> additive, and F12 = -F21. Momentum is strictly conserved. I am not sure
> about polarizable force fields, I guesstimate it is still true.
>
> When there is random force, such as the Langevin Pistons or heat
> reservoirs, the momentum conservation is going to be violated at each
> time step.
>
> Marc
>

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