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STP MD Approach To Equilibrium Three Partitions

STP MD Approach To Equilibrium Three Partitions
Molecular dynamics simulation of particles initially confined to the center of a box (blue) and then allowed to spread through entire box.


STP Materials

STP Ising 1D Program
The STP 1D Ising program is a Monte Carlo simulation of a one-dimensional Ising model in equilibrium with a heat bath at temperature T using the Metropolis algorithm.

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 Statistical and Thermal Physics

Text, simulation and other resources for Statistical and Thermal Physics by H. Gould and J. Tobochnik.

Featured Simulation

Featured STP Simulation

EJS Game of Life Model
The game of life is a 2D cellular automata of a lattice which is updated in accordance with a set of nearby-neighbor rules. It was created using the Easy Java Simulations (Ejs) modeling tool which allows to you to easily examine or modify the simulation if Ejs is installed.
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Featured Filing Cabinet

Demonstrates versions of simulations written with Easy Java Simulations (Ejs) for easier inspection and modification.

 Modeling with Ejs