Mass Spring Models of Amorphous Solids
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In this paper we analyse static properties of mass spring models (MSMs) with the focus of modelling non crystalline materials, and explore basic improvements, which can be made to MSMs with disordered point placement. Presented techniques address the problem of high variance of MSM properties which occur due to randomised nature of point distribution. The focus is placed on tuning spring parameters in a way which would compensate for local non-uniformity of point and spring density. We demonstrate that a simple force balancing algorithm can improve properties of the MSM on a global scale, while a more detailed stress distribution analysis is needed to achieve local scale improvements. Considered MSMs are three dimensional.
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Three-dimensional geomagnetic response functions for global and semi-global scale induction problems
2009 ◽
Vol 178
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pp. 123-144
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