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<H3>pair_style lubricate command
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<P><B>Syntax:</B>
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<PRE>pair_style lubricate mu squeeze shear pump twist cutinner cutoff
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<UL><LI>mu = viscosity (mass/length/time units)
<LI>squeeze = 0/1 for squeeze force off/on
<LI>shear = 0/1 for shear force off/on
<LI>pump = 0/1 for pump force off/on
<LI>twist = 0/1 for twist force off/on
<LI>cutinner = (distance units)
<LI>cutoff = outer cutoff for interactions (distance units)
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<P><B>Examples:</B>
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<PRE>pair_style lubricate 1.5 1 1 1 0 2.3 2.4
pair_coeff 1 1 1.8 2.0
pair_coeff * *
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<P><B>Description:</B>
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<P>Style <I>lubricate</I> computes pairwise interactions between mono-disperse
spherical particles with the formula in Appendix A of <A HREF = "#Ball">(Ball and
Melrose)</A> which has 4 terms describing different types of
lubrication forces between pairs of particles in a background implicit
solvent, each of which is proportional in strength to the viscosity of
the solvent <I>mu</I>.
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<P>These pair-wise forces and torques are a combination of four modes of
pair-wise interaction: squeezing, shearing, pumping, and twisting.
Each of these modes can be turned on or off with flags in the
pair_style command.
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<P>Unlike most pair potentials, the two specified cutoffs (cutinner and
cutoff) refer to the surface-to-surface separation between two
particles, not center-to-center distance. Currently, this pair style
can only be used for mono-disperse spheres (same radii), so that
separation is r_ij - 2*radius, where r_ij is the center-to-center
distance between the particles. Within the inner cutoff <I>cutinner</I>,
the forces and torques are evaluated at a separation of cutinner. The
outer <I>cutoff</I> is the separation distance beyond which the pair-wise
forces are zero.
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<P>The following coefficients must be defined for each pair of atoms
types via the <A HREF = "pair_coeff.html">pair_coeff</A> command as in the examples
above, or in the data file or restart files read by the
<A HREF = "read_data.html">read_data</A> or <A HREF = "read_restart.html">read_restart</A>
commands, or by mixing as described below:
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<UL><LI>cutinner (distance units)
<LI>cutoff (distance units)
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<P>The two coefficients are optional. If neither is specified, the two
cutoffs specified in the pair_style command are used. Otherwise both
must be specified.
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<P><B>Mixing, shift, table, tail correction, per-atom energy/stress,
restart, rRESPA info</B>:
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<P>For atom type pairs I,J and I != J, the two cutoff distances for this
pair style can be mixed. The default mix value is <I>geometric</I>. See
the "pair_modify" command for details.
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<P>This pair style does not support the <A HREF = "pair_modify.html">pair_modify</A>
shift option for the energy of the pair interaction.
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<P>The <A HREF = "pair_modify.html">pair_modify</A> table option is not relevant
for this pair style.
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<P>This pair style does not support the <A HREF = "pair_modify.html">pair_modify</A>
tail option for adding long-range tail corrections to energy and
pressure.
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<P>This pair style does not calculate per-atom energy and stress, as used
by the <A HREF = "compute_epair_atom.html">compute epair/atom</A>, <A HREF = "compute_stress_atom.html">compute
stress/atom</A>, and <A HREF = "dump.html">dump custom</A>
commands.
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<P>This pair style writes its information to <A HREF = "restart.html">binary restart
files</A>, so pair_style and pair_coeff commands do not need
to be specified in an input script that reads a restart file.
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<P>This pair style can only be used via the <I>pair</I> keyword of the
<A HREF = "run_style.html">run_style respa</A> command. It does not support the
<I>inner</I>, <I>middle</I>, <I>outer</I> keywords.
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<P><B>Restrictions:</B>
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<P>This style is part of the "colloid" package. It is only enabled if
LAMMPS was built with that package. See the <A HREF = "Section_start.html#2_3">Making
LAMMPS</A> section for more info.
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<P>Because this poential computes forces and torques on particles, the
atom style must support particles whose size is set via the
<A HREF = "shape.html">shape</A> command. This is <A HREF = "atom_style.html">atom_style</A>
ellipsoid and dipole. Since only spherical mono-disperse particles
are currently allowed for pair_style lubricate, this means the 3 shape
radii for all particle types must be the same.
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<P><B>Related commands:</B>
</P>
<P><A HREF = "pair_coeff.html">pair_coeff</A>
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<P><B>Default:</B> none
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<A NAME = "Ball"></A>
<P><B>(Ball)</B> Ball and Melrose, Physica A, 247, 444-472 (1997).
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