We discuss Onsager’s thermodynamic formalism for transport coefficients and apply it to the calculation of the shear modulus and shear viscosity of a monodisperse system of repulsive particles. We focus on the concept of extensive “distance” and intensive “field” conjugated via a Fenchel-Legendre transform involving a thermodynamic(-like) potential, which allows to switch ensembles. Employing Brownian dynamics, we calculate both the shear modulus and the shear viscosity from strain fluctuations and show that they agree with direct calculations from strained and non-equilibrium simulations, respectively. We find a dependence of the fluctuations on the coupling strength to the strain reservoir, which can be traced back to the discrete-time integration. These results demonstrate the viability of exploiting fluctuations of extensive quantities for the numerical calculation of transport coefficients.
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March 30 2017
Thermodynamic formalism for transport coefficients with an application to the shear modulus and shear viscosity
Thomas Palmer;
Thomas Palmer
Institut für Physik,
Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz
, Staudingerweg 7-9, 55128 Mainz, Germany
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Thomas Speck
Thomas Speck
Institut für Physik,
Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz
, Staudingerweg 7-9, 55128 Mainz, Germany
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J. Chem. Phys. 146, 124130 (2017)
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Received:
December 05 2016
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March 13 2017
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Thomas Palmer, Thomas Speck; Thermodynamic formalism for transport coefficients with an application to the shear modulus and shear viscosity. J. Chem. Phys. 28 March 2017; 146 (12): 124130. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4979124
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