Simulation of cohesive head-on collisions of thermally activated nanoclusters
Simulation of cohesive head-on collisions of thermally activated nanoclusters
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DOI:
10.1103/physreve.79.031309
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发表时间:
2009-03-01
影响因子:
2.4
通讯作者:
Hayakawa, Hisao
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作者:
Kuninaka, Hiroto;Hayakawa, Hisao
Impact phenomena of nanoclusters subject to thermal fluctuations are numerically investigated. From the molecular dynamics simulation for colliding two identical clusters, it is found that the restitution coefficient for head-on collisions has a peak at a colliding speed due to the competition between the cohesive interaction and the repulsive interaction of colliding clusters. Some aspects of the collisions can be understood by the theory of Brilliantov [Phys. Rev. E 76, 051302 (2007)], but many aspects are found from the simulation. In particular, we find that there are some anomalous rebounds in which the restitution coefficient is larger than unity. The phase diagrams of rebound processes against impact speed and the cohesive parameter can be understood by a simple phenomenology.