Kaboom!!
Try changing the initial particle positions to [1e-10, 2e-10, 1e-9]
.
The system will probably explode, consider why this has happened.
import numpy as np
import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
from scipy.constants import Boltzmann
mass_of_argon = 39.948 # amu
def lj_force(r, epsilon, sigma):
"""
Implementation of the Lennard-Jones potential
to calculate the force of the interaction.
Parameters
----------
r: float
Distance between two particles (Å)
epsilon: float
Potential energy at the equilibrium bond
length (eV)
sigma: float
Distance at which the potential energy is
zero (Å)
Returns
-------
float
Force of the van der Waals interaction (eV/Å)
"""
return 48 * epsilon * np.power(
sigma, 12) / np.power(
r, 13) - 24 * epsilon * np.power(
sigma, 6) / np.power(r, 7)
def init_velocity(T, number_of_particles):
"""
Initialise the velocities for a series of
particles.
Parameters
----------
T: float
Temperature of the system at
initialisation (K)
number_of_particles: int
Number of particles in the system
Returns
-------
ndarray of floats
Initial velocities for a series of
particles (eVs/Åamu)
"""
R = np.random.rand(number_of_particles) - 0.5
return R * np.sqrt(Boltzmann * T / (
mass_of_argon * 1.602e-19))
def get_accelerations(positions):
"""
Calculate the acceleration on each particle
as a result of each other particle.
N.B. We use the Python convention of
numbering from 0.
Parameters
----------
positions: ndarray of floats
The positions, in a single dimension,
for all of the particles
Returns
-------
ndarray of floats
The acceleration on each
particle (eV/Åamu)
"""
accel_x = np.zeros((positions.size, positions.size))
for i in range(0, positions.size - 1):
for j in range(i + 1, positions.size):
r_x = positions[j] - positions[i]
rmag = np.sqrt(r_x * r_x)
force_scalar = lj_force(rmag, 0.0103, 3.4)
force_x = force_scalar * r_x / rmag
accel_x[i, j] = force_x / mass_of_argon
accel_x[j, i] = - force_x / mass_of_argon
return np.sum(accel_x, axis=0)
def update_pos(x, v, a, dt):
"""
Update the particle positions.
Parameters
----------
x: ndarray of floats
The positions of the particles in a
single dimension
v: ndarray of floats
The velocities of the particles in a
single dimension
a: ndarray of floats
The accelerations of the particles in a
single dimension
dt: float
The timestep length
Returns
-------
ndarray of floats:
New positions of the particles in a single
dimension
"""
return x + v * dt + 0.5 * a * dt * dt
def update_velo(v, a, a1, dt):
"""
Update the particle velocities.
Parameters
----------
v: ndarray of floats
The velocities of the particles in a
single dimension (eVs/Åamu)
a: ndarray of floats
The accelerations of the particles in a
single dimension at the previous
timestep (eV/Åamu)
a1: ndarray of floats
The accelerations of the particles in a
single dimension at the current
timestep (eV/Åamu)
dt: float
The timestep length
Returns
-------
ndarray of floats:
New velocities of the particles in a
single dimension (eVs/Åamu)
"""
return v + 0.5 * (a + a1) * dt
def run_md(dt, number_of_steps, initial_temp, x):
"""
Run a MD simulation.
Parameters
----------
dt: float
The timestep length (s)
number_of_steps: int
Number of iterations in the simulation
initial_temp: float
Temperature of the system at
initialisation (K)
x: ndarray of floats
The initial positions of the particles in a
single dimension (Å)
Returns
-------
ndarray of floats
The positions for all of the particles
throughout the simulation (Å)
"""
positions = np.zeros((number_of_steps, 3))
v = init_velocity(initial_temp, 3)
a = get_accelerations(x)
for i in range(number_of_steps):
x = update_pos(x, v, a, dt)
a1 = get_accelerations(x)
v = update_velo(v, a, a1, dt)
a = np.array(a1)
positions[i, :] = x
return positions
x = np.array([1, 5, 10])
sim_pos = run_md(0.1, 10000, 300, x)
%matplotlib inline
for i in range(sim_pos.shape[1]):
plt.plot(sim_pos[:, i], '.', label='atom {}'.format(i))
plt.xlabel(r'Step')
plt.ylabel(r'$x$-Position/Å')
plt.legend(frameon=False)
plt.show()