Molecular Dynamics Simulation of Sand

Sung Joon Moon

PACM , Princeton University

Molecular dynamics simulation method has been used to understand the physics of experimental observations and to guide the development of a theoretical model of granular materials, such as sand, collections of macroscopic particles. Two kinds of molecular dynamics method (soft-sphere and hard-sphere models) will be briefly reviewed, and how the computer simulation plays an invaluable role in this subject will be discussed.