Hybrid simulation between molecular dynamics and binary collision approximation codes for hydrogen injection into carbon materials

Autor: Hiroaki Nakamura, Arimichi Takayama, Seiki Saito, Atsushi Ito, Takahiro Kenmotsu
Rok vydání: 2011
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Zdroj: Journal of Nuclear Materials. 415:S208-S211
ISSN: 0022-3115
DOI: 10.1016/j.jnucmat.2010.12.233
Popis: Molecular dynamics (MD) simulation with modified Brenner's reactive empirical bond order (REBO) potential is a powerful tool to investigate plasma wall interaction on divertor plates in a nuclear fusion device. However, MD simulation box's size is less than several nm for the performance of a computer. To extend the size of the MD simulation, we develop a hybrid simulation code between MD code using REBO potential and binary collision approximation (BCA) code. Using the BCA code instead of computing all particles with a high kinetic energy for every step in the MD simulation, considerable computation time is saved. By demonstrating a hydrogen atom injection on a graphite by the hybrid simulation code, it is found that the hybrid simulation code works efficiently in a large simulation box.
5 pages, 5 figures
Databáze: OpenAIRE