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Thomas J Barrett1, Marilyn L Minus1
1Mechanical and Industrial Engineering Department, Northeastern University, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, United States.
Abstract:
Molecular dynamics is a popular method for evaluating the tensile stress behaviors of many nanomaterials; however, few manuscripts include their thermostat and barostat damping parameters along with their methods. Here, we illustrate the demonstrable effect that barostat integration has on system dynamics during uniaxial testing under a Nosé-Hoover scheme. Three systems are tested: a 2D graphene sheet, a 3D continuous aluminum volume, and a 3D discontinuous polyvinyl alcohol volume. Isobaric-isothermal (NPT) and isochoric-isothermal (NVT) integration methods are intrinsically related, with high NPT barostat damping parameters converging on the NVT system. As a result, slight variations in barostat damping parameters may elicit different stress responses with higher damping parameters directly linked to increased levels of triaxial strain.
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