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+.. index:: compute vcm/chunk
+
+compute vcm/chunk command
+=========================
+
+Syntax
+""""""
+
+.. parsed-literal::
+
+   compute ID group-ID vcm/chunk chunkID
+
+* ID, group-ID are documented in :doc:`compute <compute>` command
+* vcm/chunk = style name of this compute command
+* chunkID = ID of :doc:`compute chunk/atom <compute_chunk_atom>` command
+
+Examples
+""""""""
+
+.. parsed-literal::
+
+   compute 1 fluid vcm/chunk molchunk
+
+Description
+"""""""""""
+
+Define a computation that calculates the center-of-mass velocity for
+multiple chunks of atoms.
+
+In LAMMPS, chunks are collections of atoms defined by a :doc:`compute chunk/atom <compute_chunk_atom>` command, which assigns each atom
+to a single chunk (or no chunk).  The ID for this command is specified
+as chunkID.  For example, a single chunk could be the atoms in a
+molecule or atoms in a spatial bin.  See the :doc:`compute chunk/atom <compute_chunk_atom>` doc page and ":ref:`Section_howto 23 <howto_23>` for details of how chunks can be
+defined and examples of how they can be used to measure properties of
+a system.
+
+This compute calculates the x,y,z components of the center-of-mass
+velocity for each chunk.  This is done by summing mass*velocity for
+each atom in the chunk and dividing the sum by the total mass of the
+chunk.
+
+Note that only atoms in the specified group contribute to the
+calculation.  The :doc:`compute chunk/atom <compute_chunk_atom>` command
+defines its own group; atoms will have a chunk ID = 0 if they are not
+in that group, signifying they are not assigned to a chunk, and will
+thus also not contribute to this calculation.  You can specify the
+"all" group for this command if you simply want to include atoms with
+non-zero chunk IDs.
+
+The simplest way to output the results of the compute vcm/chunk
+calculation to a file is to use the :doc:`fix ave/time <fix_ave_time>`
+command, for example:
+
+.. parsed-literal::
+
+   compute cc1 all chunk/atom molecule
+   compute myChunk all vcm/chunk cc1
+   fix 1 all ave/time 100 1 100 c_myChunk file tmp.out mode vector
+
+**Output info:**
+
+This compute calculates a global array where the number of rows = the
+number of chunks *Nchunk* as calculated by the specified :doc:`compute chunk/atom <compute_chunk_atom>` command.  The number of columns =
+3 for the x,y,z center-of-mass velocity coordinates of each chunk.
+These values can be accessed by any command that uses global array
+values from a compute as input.  See :ref:`Section_howto 15 <howto_15>` for an overview of LAMMPS output
+options.
+
+The array values are "intensive".  The array values will be in
+velocity :doc:`units <units>`.
+
+Restrictions
+""""""""""""
+ none
+
+**Related commands:** none
+
+**Default:** none
+
+
+.. _lws: http://lammps.sandia.gov
+.. _ld: Manual.html
+.. _lc: Section_commands.html#comm