In this article we observe that generally symplectic integrators conserve angular momentum exactly, whereas nonsymplectic integrators do not. We show that this observation extends to multiple timesteps and to constrained dynamics. Both of these devices are important for efficient molecular dynamics
Conservation of angular momentum and energy in the integration of non-linear dynamic equations
โ Scribed by L. Briseghella; C.E. Majorana; C. Pellegrino
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 1999
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 438 KB
- Volume
- 179
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0045-7825
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โฆ Synopsis
The analysis and implementation of a step-by-step algorithm conceived to preserve scalar invariants of motion (i.e. angular momentum and energy) of a rigid body in the integration of non-linear dynamic equations is presented here. The considered rigid body is subjected to generic translational and rotational motions with large displacements and ยฎnite rotations. The algorithm is implemented in a new ecient C++ f.e.m. code which allows an easy performance of several numerical applications.
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