Parallel Molecular Dynamics with Irregular Domain Decomposition

Parallel Molecular Dynamics with Irregular Domain Decomposition

Year:    2011

Communications in Computational Physics, Vol. 10 (2011), Iss. 4 : pp. 1071–1088

Abstract

The spatial domain of Molecular Dynamics simulations is usually a regular box that can be easily divided in subdomains for parallel processing. Recent efforts aimed at simulating complex biological systems, like the blood flow inside arteries, require the execution of Parallel Molecular Dynamics (PMD) in vessels that have, by nature, an irregular shape. In those cases, the geometry of the domain becomes an additional input parameter that directly influences the outcome of the simulation. In this paper we discuss the problems due to the parallelization of MD in complex geometries and show an efficient and general method to perform MD in irregular domains.

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Journal Article Details

Publisher Name:    Global Science Press

Language:    English

DOI:    https://doi.org/10.4208/cicp.140810.021210a

Communications in Computational Physics, Vol. 10 (2011), Iss. 4 : pp. 1071–1088

Published online:    2011-01

AMS Subject Headings:    Global Science Press

Copyright:    COPYRIGHT: © Global Science Press

Pages:    18

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