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Just for Kicks: a Molecular Dynamics Simulation by Dino B. Jet engine. Use the force from the Lennard-Jones potential. Begin from some initial positions. Particle positions adjust to minimize potential energy. ODE solved numerically with fourth order Runge-Kutta method. Radioactive decay.
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Just for Kicks: a Molecular Dynamics Simulation by Dino B. Jet engine Use the force from the Lennard-Jones potential Begin from some initial positions Particle positions adjust to minimize potential energy ODE solved numerically with fourth order Runge-Kutta method Radioactive decay Action/Reaction Interaction Propagation Flow pushed backwards Engine pushed forwards Parameters: Initial temperature = 1 Initial velocity = ~5 Kick velocity = +75 Time step = 0.001 Particles = 25x25 Lattice spacing = 0.9 Epsilon = 1 Sigma = 2-1/6