Re: [ESPResSo-users] How to adjust reflecting constraints in version 4.0.1

[Geiseld]

Hey David!

Thanks for your answer!
Exactly, what I'm looking for is such a reflect_particle() function
like the one mentioned by you within shaope based constraints.
In the docs it is mentioned at

http://espressomd.org/html/doc/inter.html

under point 4.10.1:

"In variants wall; sphere; cylinder; rhomboid and stomacyte it is also  
possible to
specify a flag indicating if the constraints should be reflecting. The  
flags can equal
 1 or 2. The flag 1 corresponds to a reflection process where the  
normal component
of the velocity is reflected and the tangential component remains  
unchanged. If the
flag is 2, also the tangential component is turned around, so that a  
bounce back
motion is performed. The second variant is useful for boundaries of  
DPD. The reflection
property is only activated if an interaction is defined between a  
particular particle and
the constraint! This will usually be a lennard-jones interaction with  
ϵ=0, but finite interaction
range."

So what I'm trying to do is to implement a cylindrical (shape based)  
constraint in which the particles are
reflected by the constraint as described above.

However, I haven't found a way to specify a flag as indicated above  
for shape based constraints.
How would you use the reflect_particle() function which you mentioned?

Best regards,
David.




Zitat von David Sean <address@hidden>:

> Hi David,
>
> I am trying to understand what you mean by 'reflecting'. I tried
> searching the docs for 'reflect' but could not find it mentioned in
> the context of a constraint. Constraints are described here:
> http://espressomd.org/html/doc/constraints.html and there is a sample
> script /samples/constraints.py that you can look at.
>
> There used to be a reflect_particle() function for shape-based
> constraints, did you mean that? Can you describe what you are trying
> do, i.e, is this for particles, or an LB fluid... or both?
>
> David
>
> Le mer. 13 févr. 2019 à 08:07, <address@hidden> a écrit :
> > Hello everybody!
> >
> > In my simulation with  ESPResSO 4.0.1 I'm trying to implement a
> > cylindrical constraint which should be reflecting.
> > I saw in the docs that this should be possible for the variants wall,
> > sphere, cylinder, rhomboid and stomacyte.
> > However, it seems there is no option to include the reflecting flag,
> > either to "espressomd.shapes.Cylinder" nor to
> > "espressomd.constraints.ShapeBasedConstraint". In both cases I receive
> > a "unknown parameter"-error.
> > Can anyone help me here and explain where to specify the flag?
> > I also have an activated Lennard-Jones interaction defined between the
> > particles and the constraint.
> > I would really appreciate your help.
> >
> > Best regards,
> > David.