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.. index:: compute inertia/chunk
compute inertia/chunk command
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Syntax
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.. code-block:: LAMMPS
compute ID group-ID inertia/chunk chunkID
* ID, group-ID are documented in :doc:`compute <compute>` command
* inertia/chunk = style name of this compute command
* chunkID = ID of :doc:`compute chunk/atom <compute_chunk_atom>` command
Examples
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.. code-block:: LAMMPS
compute 1 fluid inertia/chunk molchunk
Description
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Define a computation that calculates the inertia tensor 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>` and
:doc:`Howto chunk <Howto_chunk>`
doc pages 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 six components of the symmetric inertia
tensor for each chunk, ordered
:math:`I_{xx},I_{yy},I_{zz},I_{xy},I_{yz},I_{xz}`.
The calculation includes all effects due to atoms passing through periodic
boundaries.
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.
.. note::
The coordinates of an atom contribute to the chunk's inertia
tensor in "unwrapped" form, by using the image flags associated with
each atom. See the :doc:`dump custom <dump>` command for a discussion
of "unwrapped" coordinates. See the Atoms section of the
:doc:`read_data <read_data>` command for a discussion of image flags and
how they are set for each atom. You can reset the image flags
(e.g., to 0) before invoking this compute by using the
:doc:`set image <set>` command.
The simplest way to output the results of the compute inertia/chunk
calculation to a file is to use the :doc:`fix ave/time <fix_ave_time>`
command, for example:
.. code-block:: LAMMPS
compute cc1 all chunk/atom molecule
compute myChunk all inertia/chunk cc1
fix 1 all ave/time 100 1 100 c_myChunk[*] file tmp.out mode vector
Output info
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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 is 6, one for each of the 6 components of the inertia
tensor for each chunk, ordered as listed above. These values can be accessed
by any command that uses global array values from a compute as input. See the
:doc:`Howto output <Howto_output>` page for an overview of LAMMPS output
options.
The array values are "intensive". The array values will be in
mass\*distance\ :math:`^2` :doc:`units <units>`.
Restrictions
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none
Related commands
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:doc:`variable inertia() function <variable>`
Default
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none