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Revision: 1390
Committed: Wed Nov 25 20:02:06 2009 UTC (15 years, 5 months ago) by gezelter
Original Path: trunk/src/utils/PhysicalConstants.hpp
File size: 3550 byte(s)
Log Message:
Almost all of the changes necessary to create OpenMD out of our old
project (OOPSE-4)

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# User Rev Content
1 gezelter 1390 /*
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36     * [1] Meineke, et al., J. Comp. Chem. 26, 252-271 (2005).
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41    
42     #ifndef UTILS_PHYSICALCONSTANTS_HPP
43     #define UTILS_PHYSICALCONSTANTS_HPP
44    
45     namespace OpenMD {
46    
47     namespace PhysicalConstants {
48     const RealType kb = 1.9872156E-3; // boltzman's constant in kcal/(mol K)
49     const RealType kB = 8.31451e-7; // boltzmann constant amu*Ang^2*fs^-2/K
50     const RealType energyConvert = 4.184E-4; // convert kcal/mol -> (amu A^2)/fs^2
51     const RealType rotationalEnergyConvert = energyConvert*2.0*M_PI;
52    
53     const RealType pressureConvert = 1.63882576e8; // converts amu*fs^-2*Ang^-1 -> atm
54    
55     /*
56     * surfaceTensionConvert
57     * multiplies standard input file units of
58     * surfaceTension (Newton / meter)
59     * returns values of
60     * kcal mol^-1 Angstrom^-2
61     */
62     const RealType surfaceTensionConvert = 1.439326479; // convert N/m to kcal/mol*Ang^-2
63    
64     /*
65     * viscoConvert
66     * used for products of:
67     * viscosity (Poise) * distance (Angstroms) * velocity (Angstrom / fs)
68     * returns values of:
69     * force in (kcal mol^-1 Angstrom^-1)
70     */
71     const RealType viscoConvert = 1.439326479e4;
72    
73     /*
74     * thermalConductivityConvert
75     * multiplies standard input file units of
76     * themalConductivity (watts meter^-1 Kelvin^-1)
77     * returns values of:
78     * kcal mol^-1 Angstrom^-1 fs^-1 Kelvin^-1
79     */
80     const RealType thermalConductivityConvert = 1.439326479e-5;
81     }
82     }
83     #endif