title: Mesoscale hydrodynamics via stochastic rotation dynamics: comparison with Lennard-Jones fluid.
abstract: Stochastic rotation dynamics (SRD) is a relatively recent technique, closely related to lattice Boltzmann, for capturing hydrodynamic fluid flow at the mesoscale. The SRD method is based on simple constituent fluid particle interactions and dynamics. Here we parametrize the SRD fluid to provide a one to one match in the shear viscosity of a Lennard-Jones fluid and present viscosity measurements for a range of such parameters. We demonstrate how to apply the Müller-Plathe reverse perturbation method for determining the shear viscosity of the SRD fluid and discuss how finite system size and momentum exchange rates effect the measured viscosity. The implementation and performance of SRD in a parallel molecular dynamics code is also described.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry and Center for Biophysical Modeling and Simulation, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah 84112-0850, USA. matt@hac.utah.edu
authors.forename: Matt K
authors.initials: MK
authors.lastname: Petersen
authors.forename: Jeremy B
authors.initials: JB
authors.lastname: Lechman
authors.forename: Steven J
authors.initials: SJ
authors.lastname: Plimpton
authors.forename: Gary S
authors.initials: GS
authors.lastname: Grest
authors.forename: Pieter J
authors.initials: PJ
authors.lastname: in 't Veld
authors.forename: P R
authors.initials: PR
authors.lastname: Schunk
mesh_terms: D004058:Diffusion; D016014:Linear Models; D008962:Models, Theoretical; D012399:Rotation; D012997:Solvents / Q000737:chemistry; D013269:Stochastic Processes; D013535:Suspensions; D014783:Viscosity
chemical_list: D012997:Solvents; D013535:Suspensions