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fix mesh/surface/stress command

Syntax:

fix ID group-ID mesh/surface/stress file filename premesh_keywords premesh_values mesh_keywords mesh_values surface_keyword surface_values stress_keywords stress_values 

Examples:

fix cad all mesh/surface/stress file mesh.stl type 1 wear finnie 

Description:

This fix is identical to fix mesh/surface but additionally the average normal and shear stresses that the particles in the fix group exert on each triangle of the mesh is evaluated (which costs a bit of performance). Also, the total force and torque on the particle is calculated (see output info). The per-element forces can be dumped into VTK format using dump mesh/vtk.

With the optional stress keyword, stress tracking can be turned off if desired. The reference point for calculating the body torque can be controlled via the referece_point keyword. The optional wear keyword can activates a simple qualitative wear model (finnie) - for details on the model, see the seperate /doc/finnie-wear.pdf. The finnie constant k in Eqn. (4.23) has to be specified as follows:

fix id all property/global k_finnie peratomtypepair n_atomtypes value_11 value_12 .. value_21 value_22 .. . 
    (value_ij=value for the finnie constant between atom type i and j; n_atomtypes is the number of atom types you want to use in your simulation) 

Restart, fix_modify, output, run start/stop, minimize info:

This fix stores a global vector with 9 components for access by various output commands. The first 3 components are equal to the total force on the mesh, the next 3 components store the total torque on the body exerted by the particles. Finally, the last 3 components are the coordinates (moved, scaled, rotated) of the reference point. Other info see fix mesh.

Related commands:

fix mesh/surface fix wall/gran

Default:

reference_point = 0. 0. 0. stress = on wear = off