mesh¶
The mesh data structure combines particles into a connected triangulated network. The particles act as vertices of the triangulation and are linked with their neighbors in both pairs via mesh bonds and triplets via mesh triangles.
Mesh triangles and mesh bonds
Mesh.triangulation is a dictionary with a list of triangles that
constitutes the triangulation. Each triangle is defined by a triplet of
particle tags. For a given triangulation HOOMD-blue also constructs a
list of mesh bonds automatically. Each mesh bond is defined by a pair
of particle tags. The corresponding vertex particles share a common edge
in the triangulation.
Mesh potentials
In MD simulations different bond potentials can be attached which connect the vertex particles with a bond potential. The mesh data structure is designed so that other potentials (like bending potentials or global conservation potentials) can be implemented later.
See also
See the documentation in hoomd.md.mesh for more information on how
to apply potentials to the mesh object and in hoomd.md.nlist on
adding mesh bond exceptions to the neighbor list.
Classes