Calculation of noise distribution in mesoscopic dynamics models for phase separation of multicomponent complex fluids

  • BAC vanVlimmeren*
  • , JGEM Fraaije
  • *Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

We present a simple method for the numerical calculation of the noise distribution in multicomponent functional Langevin models. The topic is of considerable importance, in view of the increased interest in the application of mesoscopic dynamics simulation models to phase separation of complex fluids in polymer and surfactant industries. We show that simple computational methods can be derived for a few (non)linear cases. The analysis contains three distinct steps: (I) factorization of the diffusion operator, (2) generation of auxiliary random fields and (3) Cholesky decomposition of the mobility operators.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)21-28
Number of pages8
JournalComputer Physics Communications
Volume99
Issue number1
Publication statusPublished - Dec-1996

Keywords

  • condensed matter physics
  • Langevin dynamics
  • thermal noise
  • SPINODAL DECOMPOSITION
  • POLYMER BLENDS
  • MIXTURES
  • FLUCTUATIONS
  • COPOLYMER

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