 We present a novel thermodynamically guided, low-noise, time-scale bridging, and pertinently efficient strategy for the dynamic simulation of microscopic models for complex fluids. The systematic coarse-graining method is exemplified for low-molecular polymeric systems subjected to homogeneous flow fields. We use established concepts of nonequilibrium thermodynamics and an alternating Monte-Carlo-molecular dynamics iteration scheme in order to obtain the model equations for the slow variables. For chosen flow situations of interest, the established model predicts structural as well as material functions beyond the regime of linear response. As a by-product, we present the first steady state equibiaxial simulation results for polymer melts. The method is simple to implement and allows for the calculation of time-dependent behavior through quantities readily available from the nonequilibrium steady states
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author = {P. Ilg and H. C. \"Ottinger and M. Kr\"oger},
title = {Systematic time-scale-bridging molecular dynamics applied to flowing polymer melts},
journal = {Phys. Rev. E},
volume = {79},
pages = {011802
[article also included in the Virtual J. Biol. Phys. 17:2},
year = {2009}
}
\bibitem{PIlg2009-79} P. Ilg, H.C. \"Ottinger, M. Kr\"oger,
Systematic time-scale-bridging molecular dynamics applied to flowing polymer melts,
Phys. Rev. E {\bf 79} (2009) 011802
[article also included in the Virtual J. Biol. Phys. 17:2 (2009)].PIlg2009-79
P. Ilg, H.C. \"Ottinger, M. Kr\"oger
Systematic time-scale-bridging molecular dynamics applied to flowing polymer melts
Phys. Rev. E,79,2009,011802
[article also included in the Virtual J. Biol. Phys. 17:2 (2009)] |
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