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written by
Fernando Silva Fernandes and Filomena Freitas
The Hard Sphere Monte Carlo Model performs canonical Monte Carlo simulations of 256 or 500 hard spheres covering the fluid and solid states. The results are analysed through the radial distributions functions from which the equation of state (EOS) is estimated. This is done by fitting a polynomial to the radial distribution functions in order to exrapolate them to the hard spheres distance of contact. The consistency of the simulations is assessed by the errors of the predicted compressibility factors relatively to the accurate EOS reported by Wu and Sadus.
The Hard Sphere Monte Carlo Model was developed using the Easy Java Simulations (EJS) modeling tool. It is distributed as a ready-to-run (compiled) Java archive. Double clicking the jar file will run the program if Java is installed. You can modify this simulation if you have EJS installed by right-clicking within the map and selecting "Open Ejs Model" from the pop-up menu item.
Published February 19, 2013
Last Modified June 6, 2014
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The source code zip archive contains an XML representation of the Hard Spheres Monte Carlo Model. Unzip this archive in your EJS workspace to compile and run this model using EJS.
Last Modified February 20, 2013