FRONT MATTER
Title and Copyright Page
Acknowledgements
Abstract
List of Figures
List of Tables
Chapter 1. Introduction
PART I -- THEORY
Chapter 2. Molecular Mechanics and Dynamics
2.1. Introduction
2.2. Forcefields
2.3. Microcanonical Dynamics
2.4. Canonical Dynamics
2.4. Minimization
Chapter 3. Cell Multipole Method
3.1. Introduction
3.2. Octree Decomposition
3.3. Multipole Expansions
3.4. Choice of Expansion Centers
3.5. Combination of Multipoles
3.6. Taylor Series Expansions
3.7. Computation of Taylor Series Coefficients
3.8. Farfield Evaluation and Nearfield Computation
Chapter 4. Reduced Cell Multipole Method
4.1. Introduction
4.2. Enhanced Multipoles
4.3. Ewald Summation
4.4. Exclusion of Neighbors
4.5. Combination with CMM
4.6. Noncubic Unit Cells
PART II -- DESIGN AND IMPLEMENTATION
Chapter 5. Implementation on KSR
5.1. Introduction
5.2. KSR Architecture
5.3. Memory
5.4. Data Structures
5.5. Modularity
5.6. Features
5.6.1. Coordinate Transformations
5.6.2. Moving Atoms
5.6.3. PBC Displacement Updating
5.6.4. Atom Tracking
5.6.5. General Valence Forcefield
5.6.6. Nonbond Exclusions
5.6.7. Spline Nonbonds
5.6.8. Hydrogen Bonds and Off-Diagonal Nonbonds
5.6.9. Initial Velocities
5.6.10. Rigid Molecules
5.6.11. Perturbation Thermodynamics
5.7. Input/Output
5.8. Parallelization
5.9. Communications
5.10. Dynamic Load Balancing
5.11. Avoiding Synchronization
Chapter 6. Implementation on Message Passing Architectures
6.1. Introduction
6.2. Message Types
6.3. Active Messages
6.4. Load Balancing
6.5. Input/Output
6.6. Data Structures
6.7. Computational Routines
Chapter 7. Performance
7.1. Introduction
7.2. Accuracy
7.3. Timing
7.4. Scalability
PART III -- APPLICATIONS
Chapter 8. TVN Dynamics
8.1. Introduction
8.2. Procedure
8.3. Results
8.4. Conclusions
Chapter 9. Argon Clusters
9.1. Introduction
9.2. Procedure
9.3. Results
9.4. Conclusions
Chapter 10. Surface Tension of Liquid H2O and H2O on PTFE
10.1. Introduction
10.2. Drop Procedure
10.3. Drop Results
10.4. PTFE Simulation
10.5. Procedure
10.6. Results
10.7. PTFE Surface Procedure
10.8. PTFE Surface Results
10.9. Conclusions
Chapter 11. Diffusion of Gases through Polymers
11.1. Introduction
11.2. Procedure
11.3. Results
11.4. Conclusions
Chapter 12. Viruses
12.1. Introduction
12.2. Procedure
12.3. Results
12.4. Conclusions