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A smoothed particle hydrodynamics and coarse‐grained molecular dynamics hybrid technique for modelling elastic particles and breakable capsules under various flow conditions
Author(s) -
Alexiadis Alessio
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
international journal for numerical methods in engineering
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.421
H-Index - 168
eISSN - 1097-0207
pISSN - 0029-5981
DOI - 10.1002/nme.4782
Subject(s) - smoothed particle hydrodynamics , flow (mathematics) , mechanics , particle (ecology) , molecular dynamics , work (physics) , dynamics (music) , statistical physics , biological system , classical mechanics , computer science , physics , geology , thermodynamics , oceanography , biology , acoustics , quantum mechanics
SUMMARY In this work, a hybrid numerical approach, which combines elements of SPH and coarse‐grained molecular dynamics, is used to investigate the effect of various flow conditions to deformable and breakable shell‐structures such as capsules, vesicles or biological cells. Copyright © 2014 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.