The steps taken for the Shock <strong>compression</strong> of Niquel were the follow<strong>in</strong>g : 1. Equilibration of the system 2. Def<strong>in</strong>e a fixed layer of atoms to act as a Piston 3. Periodic boundary conditions are applied <strong>in</strong> the x and y directions. Boundaries are free <strong>in</strong> the z direction 4. Def<strong>in</strong>e BINS to track the pass<strong>in</strong>g of the shockwave 5. Dump of the atomic trayectories for visualization Acknowledgement I would like to thank the LAMMPS community for the great FeedBack and discussions that made it possible to complete this brief tutorial. I would also like to thank the follow<strong>in</strong>g people for their contribution of ideas: Steve Plimpton, Nigel Park, Ray Shan, Jonathan Zimmerman, Vishnu Wakof, Anirban Dhar, Axel Kohlmeyer. Selesta Oxem, Rajdeep Behera, Paul Swa<strong>in</strong>, Gildardo Rivas, and Mark Tschopp VERSION 1.0 18 CONTACT: gumo_99 at hotmail.com
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