Molecular Dynamics - Introduction

• Numerically solving the Equations of motion (Newton’s

Second law) of multi-body system

• A Classical mechanics based study of dynamics

of atoms and molecules

• Ignores uncertainty principle and is completely deterministic

• Interaction of atoms based on interatomic potential U(r)

• The objective of Molecular statics is to find the minimum

energy configuration

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