LAMMPS

Large-scale Atomic/Molecular Massively Parallel Simulator
Original author(s) Steve Plimpton, Aidan Thompson, Stan Moore, Axel Kohlmeyer
Developer(s) Sandia National Laboratories
Temple University
Initial release 1995 (1995)
Stable release
30 Jul 2016 / July 30, 2016 (2016-07-30)
Preview release
21 Sep 2016 / September 21, 2016 (2016-09-21)
Repository github.com/lammps
Development status Active
Written in C++
Operating system Cross-platform: Linux, OS X, Windows
Platform x86, x86-64
Size 94 MB
Available in English
Type Molecular dynamics
License GNU General Public License
Website lammps.sandia.gov

Large-scale Atomic/Molecular Massively Parallel Simulator (LAMMPS) is a molecular dynamics program from Sandia National Laboratories.[1] LAMMPS makes use of Message Passing Interface (MPI) for parallel communication and is free and open-source software, distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License.[1]

LAMMPS was originally developed under a Cooperative Research and Development Agreement (CRADA) between two laboratories from United States Department of Energy and three other laboratories from private sector firms.[1] As of 2016, it is maintained and distributed by researchers at the Sandia National Laboratories and Temple University.[1]

Features

For computing efficiency, LAMMPS uses neighbor lists (Verlet lists) to keep track of nearby particles. The lists are optimized for systems with particles that repel at short distances, so that the local density of particles never grows too large.

On parallel computers, LAMMPS uses spatial-decomposition techniques to partition the simulation domain into small 3d sub-domains, one of which is assigned to each processor. Processors communicate and store ghost atom information for atoms that border their subdomain. LAMMPS is most efficient (in a parallel computing sense) for systems whose particles fill a 3D rectangular box with approximately uniform density.

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "LAMMPS Molecular Dynamics Simulator". Sandia National Laboratories. Retrieved 2010-10-03.

External links

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