Objective Structures

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We will investigate naturally occurring discrete structures more general than crystals. The focus will be on self-assembling structures such as those observed in the tail sheaths of some viruses. Part of the project will consist of computer aided visualization of the structures.

Background Information:

Introduction to Objective Molecular Dynamics, Notes by Dan Flath and Hannah Callender

Suggested papers:

Objective structures, R.D. James, Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids, 54, pp.2354-2390, 2006. Objective molecular dynamics, Traian Dumitrica and Richard D. James, Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids, 55, pp.2206-2236, 2007. Entanglement and the Nonlinear Elastic Behavior of Forests of Coiled Carbon Nanotubes, V.R. Coluci, A.F. Fonseca, D.S. Galvao, and C. Daraio, Pysical Review Letters, 100(8):086807, 2008. Optimized Verlet-like algorithms for molecular dynamics simulations, I.P. Omelyan, I.M. Mryglod, and R. Folk, Pysical Review E, 65:056706, 2002.

Presentation Notes:

Day 1 Lecture, Dan Flath

LaTEX samples:

report.tex (Sample LaTEX file for group report) report.pdf (pdf output for sample LaTEX file) PhasesRA_RC.eps (Sample figure for LaTEX file. This needs to be in the same folder as report.tex)

* Last Updated by Hannah Callender on June 30, 2009