--- trunk/tengDissertation/Methodology.tex 2006/06/06 14:56:36 2801 +++ trunk/tengDissertation/Methodology.tex 2006/06/06 19:47:27 2804 @@ -668,21 +668,567 @@ $\gamma$ is set to zero. the box axes does not change. It should be noted that the NPTxyz integrator is a special case of $NP\gamma T$ if the surface tension $\gamma$ is set to zero. - -%\section{\label{methodSection:constraintMethod}Constraint Method} -%\subsection{\label{methodSection:bondConstraint}Bond Constraint for Rigid Body} +\section{\label{methodSection:zcons}Z-Constraint Method} -%\subsection{\label{methodSection:zcons}Z-constraint Method} +Based on the fluctuation-dissipation theorem, a force +auto-correlation method was developed by Roux and Karplus to +investigate the dynamics of ions inside ion channels\cite{Roux1991}. +The time-dependent friction coefficient can be calculated from the +deviation of the instantaneous force from its mean force. +\begin{equation} +\xi(z,t)=\langle\delta F(z,t)\delta F(z,0)\rangle/k_{B}T, +\end{equation} +where% +\begin{equation} +\delta F(z,t)=F(z,t)-\langle F(z,t)\rangle. +\end{equation} -\section{\label{methodSection:langevin}Integrators for Langevin Dynamics of Rigid Bodies} +If the time-dependent friction decays rapidly, the static friction +coefficient can be approximated by +\begin{equation} +\xi_{\text{static}}(z)=\int_{0}^{\infty}\langle\delta F(z,t)\delta +F(z,0)\rangle dt. +\end{equation} +Allowing diffusion constant to then be calculated through the +Einstein relation:\cite{Marrink1994} +\begin{equation} +D(z)=\frac{k_{B}T}{\xi_{\text{static}}(z)}=\frac{(k_{B}T)^{2}}{\int_{0}^{\infty +}\langle\delta F(z,t)\delta F(z,0)\rangle dt}.% +\end{equation} -\subsection{\label{methodSection:temperature}Temperature Control} - -\subsection{\label{methodSection:pressureControl}Pressure Control} +The Z-Constraint method, which fixes the z coordinates of the +molecules with respect to the center of the mass of the system, has +been a method suggested to obtain the forces required for the force +auto-correlation calculation.\cite{Marrink1994} However, simply +resetting the coordinate will move the center of the mass of the +whole system. To avoid this problem, we reset the forces of +z-constrained molecules as well as subtract the total constraint +forces from the rest of the system after the force calculation at +each time step instead of resetting the coordinate. -\section{\label{methodSection:hydrodynamics}Hydrodynamics} +After the force calculation, define $G_\alpha$ as +\begin{equation} +G_{\alpha} = \sum_i F_{\alpha i}, \label{oopseEq:zc1} +\end{equation} +where $F_{\alpha i}$ is the force in the z direction of atom $i$ in +z-constrained molecule $\alpha$. The forces of the z constrained +molecule are then set to: +\begin{equation} +F_{\alpha i} = F_{\alpha i} - + \frac{m_{\alpha i} G_{\alpha}}{\sum_i m_{\alpha i}}. +\end{equation} +Here, $m_{\alpha i}$ is the mass of atom $i$ in the z-constrained +molecule. Having rescaled the forces, the velocities must also be +rescaled to subtract out any center of mass velocity in the z +direction. +\begin{equation} +v_{\alpha i} = v_{\alpha i} - + \frac{\sum_i m_{\alpha i} v_{\alpha i}}{\sum_i m_{\alpha i}}, +\end{equation} +where $v_{\alpha i}$ is the velocity of atom $i$ in the z direction. +Lastly, all of the accumulated z constrained forces must be +subtracted from the system to keep the system center of mass from +drifting. +\begin{equation} +F_{\beta i} = F_{\beta i} - \frac{m_{\beta i} \sum_{\alpha} +G_{\alpha}} + {\sum_{\beta}\sum_i m_{\beta i}}, +\end{equation} +where $\beta$ are all of the unconstrained molecules in the system. +Similarly, the velocities of the unconstrained molecules must also +be scaled. +\begin{equation} +v_{\beta i} = v_{\beta i} + \sum_{\alpha} + \frac{\sum_i m_{\alpha i} v_{\alpha i}}{\sum_i m_{\alpha i}}. +\end{equation} -%\section{\label{methodSection:coarseGrained}Coarse-Grained Modeling} +At the very beginning of the simulation, the molecules may not be at +their constrained positions. To move a z-constrained molecule to its +specified position, a simple harmonic potential is used +\begin{equation} +U(t)=\frac{1}{2}k_{\text{Harmonic}}(z(t)-z_{\text{cons}})^{2},% +\end{equation} +where $k_{\text{Harmonic}}$ is the harmonic force constant, $z(t)$ +is the current $z$ coordinate of the center of mass of the +constrained molecule, and $z_{\text{cons}}$ is the constrained +position. The harmonic force operating on the z-constrained molecule +at time $t$ can be calculated by +\begin{equation} +F_{z_{\text{Harmonic}}}(t)=-\frac{\partial U(t)}{\partial z(t)}= + -k_{\text{Harmonic}}(z(t)-z_{\text{cons}}). +\end{equation} + + +\section{\label{methodSection:langevin}Integrators for Langevin Dynamics of Rigid Bodies} + +%\subsection{\label{methodSection:temperature}Temperature Control} + +%\subsection{\label{methodSection:pressureControl}Pressure Control} + +%\section{\label{methodSection:hydrodynamics}Hydrodynamics} + +%applications of langevin dynamics +As an excellent alternative to newtonian dynamics, Langevin +dynamics, which mimics a simple heat bath with stochastic and +dissipative forces, has been applied in a variety of studies. The +stochastic treatment of the solvent enables us to carry out +substantially longer time simulation. Implicit solvent Langevin +dynamics simulation of met-enkephalin not only outperforms explicit +solvent simulation on computation efficiency, but also agrees very +well with explicit solvent simulation on dynamics +properties\cite{Shen2002}. Recently, applying Langevin dynamics with +UNRES model, Liow and his coworkers suggest that protein folding +pathways can be possibly exploited within a reasonable amount of +time\cite{Liwo2005}. The stochastic nature of the Langevin dynamics +also enhances the sampling of the system and increases the +probability of crossing energy barrier\cite{Banerjee2004, Cui2003}. +Combining Langevin dynamics with Kramers's theory, Klimov and +Thirumalai identified the free-energy barrier by studying the +viscosity dependence of the protein folding rates\cite{Klimov1997}. +In order to account for solvent induced interactions missing from +implicit solvent model, Kaya incorporated desolvation free energy +barrier into implicit coarse-grained solvent model in protein +folding/unfolding study and discovered a higher free energy barrier +between the native and denatured states. Because of its stability +against noise, Langevin dynamics is very suitable for studying +remagnetization processes in various +systems\cite{Garcia-Palacios1998,Berkov2002,Denisov2003}. For +instance, the oscillation power spectrum of nanoparticles from +Langevin dynamics simulation has the same peak frequencies for +different wave vectors,which recovers the property of magnetic +excitations in small finite structures\cite{Berkov2005a}. In an +attempt to reduce the computational cost of simulation, multiple +time stepping (MTS) methods have been introduced and have been of +great interest to macromolecule and protein +community\cite{Tuckerman1992}. Relying on the observation that +forces between distant atoms generally demonstrate slower +fluctuations than forces between close atoms, MTS method are +generally implemented by evaluating the slowly fluctuating forces +less frequently than the fast ones. Unfortunately, nonlinear +instability resulting from increasing timestep in MTS simulation +have became a critical obstruction preventing the long time +simulation. Due to the coupling to the heat bath, Langevin dynamics +has been shown to be able to damp out the resonance artifact more +efficiently\cite{Sandu1999}. -%\section{\label{methodSection:moleculeScale}Molecular-Scale Modeling} +%review rigid body dynamics +Rigid bodies are frequently involved in the modeling of different +areas, from engineering, physics, to chemistry. For example, +missiles and vehicle are usually modeled by rigid bodies. The +movement of the objects in 3D gaming engine or other physics +simulator is governed by the rigid body dynamics. In molecular +simulation, rigid body is used to simplify the model in +protein-protein docking study\cite{Gray2003}. + +It is very important to develop stable and efficient methods to +integrate the equations of motion of orientational degrees of +freedom. Euler angles are the nature choice to describe the +rotational degrees of freedom. However, due to its singularity, the +numerical integration of corresponding equations of motion is very +inefficient and inaccurate. Although an alternative integrator using +different sets of Euler angles can overcome this +difficulty\cite{Ryckaert1977, Andersen1983}, the computational +penalty and the lost of angular momentum conservation still remain. +In 1977, a singularity free representation utilizing quaternions was +developed by Evans\cite{Evans1977}. Unfortunately, this approach +suffer from the nonseparable Hamiltonian resulted from quaternion +representation, which prevents the symplectic algorithm to be +utilized. Another different approach is to apply holonomic +constraints to the atoms belonging to the rigid +body\cite{Barojas1973}. Each atom moves independently under the +normal forces deriving from potential energy and constraint forces +which are used to guarantee the rigidness. However, due to their +iterative nature, SHAKE and Rattle algorithm converge very slowly +when the number of constraint increases. + +The break through in geometric literature suggests that, in order to +develop a long-term integration scheme, one should preserve the +geometric structure of the flow. Matubayasi and Nakahara developed a +time-reversible integrator for rigid bodies in quaternion +representation. Although it is not symplectic, this integrator still +demonstrates a better long-time energy conservation than traditional +methods because of the time-reversible nature. Extending +Trotter-Suzuki to general system with a flat phase space, Miller and +his colleagues devised an novel symplectic, time-reversible and +volume-preserving integrator in quaternion representation. However, +all of the integrators in quaternion representation suffer from the +computational penalty of constructing a rotation matrix from +quaternions to evolve coordinates and velocities at every time step. +An alternative integration scheme utilizing rotation matrix directly +is RSHAKE\cite{Kol1997}, in which a conjugate momentum to rotation +matrix is introduced to re-formulate the Hamiltonian's equation and +the Hamiltonian is evolved in a constraint manifold by iteratively +satisfying the orthogonality constraint. However, RSHAKE is +inefficient because of the iterative procedure. An extremely +efficient integration scheme in rotation matrix representation, +which also preserves the same structural properties of the +Hamiltonian flow as Miller's integrator, is proposed by Dullweber, +Leimkuhler and McLachlan (DLM)\cite{Dullweber1997}. + +%review langevin/browninan dynamics for arbitrarily shaped rigid body +Combining Langevin or Brownian dynamics with rigid body dynamics, +one can study the slow processes in biomolecular systems. Modeling +the DNA as a chain of rigid spheres beads, which subject to harmonic +potentials as well as excluded volume potentials, Mielke and his +coworkers discover rapid superhelical stress generations from the +stochastic simulation of twin supercoiling DNA with response to +induced torques\cite{Mielke2004}. Membrane fusion is another key +biological process which controls a variety of physiological +functions, such as release of neurotransmitters \textit{etc}. A +typical fusion event happens on the time scale of millisecond, which +is impracticable to study using all atomistic model with newtonian +mechanics. With the help of coarse-grained rigid body model and +stochastic dynamics, the fusion pathways were exploited by many +researchers\cite{Noguchi2001,Noguchi2002,Shillcock2005}. Due to the +difficulty of numerical integration of anisotropy rotation, most of +the rigid body models are simply modeled by sphere, cylinder, +ellipsoid or other regular shapes in stochastic simulations. In an +effort to account for the diffusion anisotropy of the arbitrary +particles, Fernandes and de la Torre improved the original Brownian +dynamics simulation algorithm\cite{Ermak1978,Allison1991} by +incorporating a generalized $6\times6$ diffusion tensor and +introducing a simple rotation evolution scheme consisting of three +consecutive rotations\cite{Fernandes2002}. Unfortunately, unexpected +error and bias are introduced into the system due to the arbitrary +order of applying the noncommuting rotation +operators\cite{Beard2003}. Based on the observation the momentum +relaxation time is much less than the time step, one may ignore the +inertia in Brownian dynamics. However, assumption of the zero +average acceleration is not always true for cooperative motion which +is common in protein motion. An inertial Brownian dynamics (IBD) was +proposed to address this issue by adding an inertial correction +term\cite{Beard2001}. As a complement to IBD which has a lower bound +in time step because of the inertial relaxation time, long-time-step +inertial dynamics (LTID) can be used to investigate the inertial +behavior of the polymer segments in low friction +regime\cite{Beard2001}. LTID can also deal with the rotational +dynamics for nonskew bodies without translation-rotation coupling by +separating the translation and rotation motion and taking advantage +of the analytical solution of hydrodynamics properties. However, +typical nonskew bodies like cylinder and ellipsoid are inadequate to +represent most complex macromolecule assemblies. These intricate +molecules have been represented by a set of beads and their +hydrodynamics properties can be calculated using variant +hydrodynamic interaction tensors. + +The goal of the present work is to develop a Langevin dynamics +algorithm for arbitrary rigid particles by integrating the accurate +estimation of friction tensor from hydrodynamics theory into the +sophisticated rigid body dynamics. + + +\subsection{Friction Tensor} + +For an arbitrary rigid body moves in a fluid, it may experience +friction force $f_r$ or friction torque $\tau _r$ along the opposite +direction of the velocity $v$ or angular velocity $\omega$ at +arbitrary origin $P$, +\begin{equation} +\left( \begin{array}{l} + f_r \\ + \tau _r \\ + \end{array} \right) = - \left( {\begin{array}{*{20}c} + {\Xi _{P,t} } & {\Xi _{P,c}^T } \\ + {\Xi _{P,c} } & {\Xi _{P,r} } \\ +\end{array}} \right)\left( \begin{array}{l} + \nu \\ + \omega \\ + \end{array} \right) +\end{equation} +where $\Xi _{P,t}t$ is the translation friction tensor, $\Xi _{P,r}$ +is the rotational friction tensor and $\Xi _{P,c}$ is the +translation-rotation coupling tensor. The procedure of calculating +friction tensor using hydrodynamic tensor and comparison between +bead model and shell model were elaborated by Carrasco \textit{et +al}\cite{Carrasco1999}. An important property of the friction tensor +is that the translational friction tensor is independent of origin +while the rotational and coupling are sensitive to the choice of the +origin \cite{Brenner1967}, which can be described by +\begin{equation} +\begin{array}{c} + \Xi _{P,t} = \Xi _{O,t} = \Xi _t \\ + \Xi _{P,c} = \Xi _{O,c} - r_{OP} \times \Xi _t \\ + \Xi _{P,r} = \Xi _{O,r} - r_{OP} \times \Xi _t \times r_{OP} + \Xi _{O,c} \times r_{OP} - r_{OP} \times \Xi _{O,c}^T \\ + \end{array} +\end{equation} +Where $O$ is another origin and $r_{OP}$ is the vector joining $O$ +and $P$. It is also worthy of mention that both of translational and +rotational frictional tensors are always symmetric. In contrast, +coupling tensor is only symmetric at center of reaction: +\begin{equation} +\Xi _{R,c} = \Xi _{R,c}^T +\end{equation} +The proper location for applying friction force is the center of +reaction, at which the trace of rotational resistance tensor reaches +minimum. + +\subsection{Rigid body dynamics} + +The Hamiltonian of rigid body can be separated in terms of potential +energy $V(r,A)$ and kinetic energy $T(p,\pi)$, +\[ +H = V(r,A) + T(v,\pi ) +\] +A second-order symplectic method is now obtained by the composition +of the flow maps, +\[ +\varphi _{\Delta t} = \varphi _{\Delta t/2,V} \circ \varphi +_{\Delta t,T} \circ \varphi _{\Delta t/2,V}. +\] +Moreover, $\varphi _{\Delta t/2,V}$ can be divided into two +sub-flows which corresponding to force and torque respectively, +\[ +\varphi _{\Delta t/2,V} = \varphi _{\Delta t/2,F} \circ \varphi +_{\Delta t/2,\tau }. +\] +Since the associated operators of $\varphi _{\Delta t/2,F} $ and +$\circ \varphi _{\Delta t/2,\tau }$ are commuted, the composition +order inside $\varphi _{\Delta t/2,V}$ does not matter. + +Furthermore, kinetic potential can be separated to translational +kinetic term, $T^t (p)$, and rotational kinetic term, $T^r (\pi )$, +\begin{equation} +T(p,\pi ) =T^t (p) + T^r (\pi ). +\end{equation} +where $ T^t (p) = \frac{1}{2}v^T m v $ and $T^r (\pi )$ is defined +by \ref{introEquation:rotationalKineticRB}. Therefore, the +corresponding flow maps are given by +\[ +\varphi _{\Delta t,T} = \varphi _{\Delta t,T^t } \circ \varphi +_{\Delta t,T^r }. +\] +The free rigid body is an example of Lie-Poisson system with +Hamiltonian function +\begin{equation} +T^r (\pi ) = T_1 ^r (\pi _1 ) + T_2^r (\pi _2 ) + T_3^r (\pi _3 ) +\label{introEquation:rotationalKineticRB} +\end{equation} +where $T_i^r (\pi _i ) = \frac{{\pi _i ^2 }}{{2I_i }}$ and +Lie-Poisson structure matrix, +\begin{equation} +J(\pi ) = \left( {\begin{array}{*{20}c} + 0 & {\pi _3 } & { - \pi _2 } \\ + { - \pi _3 } & 0 & {\pi _1 } \\ + {\pi _2 } & { - \pi _1 } & 0 \\ +\end{array}} \right) +\end{equation} +Thus, the dynamics of free rigid body is governed by +\begin{equation} +\frac{d}{{dt}}\pi = J(\pi )\nabla _\pi T^r (\pi ) +\end{equation} +One may notice that each $T_i^r$ in Equation +\ref{introEquation:rotationalKineticRB} can be solved exactly. For +instance, the equations of motion due to $T_1^r$ are given by +\begin{equation} +\frac{d}{{dt}}\pi = R_1 \pi ,\frac{d}{{dt}}A = AR_1 +\label{introEqaution:RBMotionSingleTerm} +\end{equation} +where +\[ R_1 = \left( {\begin{array}{*{20}c} + 0 & 0 & 0 \\ + 0 & 0 & {\pi _1 } \\ + 0 & { - \pi _1 } & 0 \\ +\end{array}} \right). +\] +The solutions of Equation \ref{introEqaution:RBMotionSingleTerm} is +\[ +\pi (\Delta t) = e^{\Delta tR_1 } \pi (0),A(\Delta t) = +A(0)e^{\Delta tR_1 } +\] +with +\[ +e^{\Delta tR_1 } = \left( {\begin{array}{*{20}c} + 0 & 0 & 0 \\ + 0 & {\cos \theta _1 } & {\sin \theta _1 } \\ + 0 & { - \sin \theta _1 } & {\cos \theta _1 } \\ +\end{array}} \right),\theta _1 = \frac{{\pi _1 }}{{I_1 }}\Delta t. +\] +To reduce the cost of computing expensive functions in $e^{\Delta +tR_1 }$, we can use Cayley transformation, +\[ +e^{\Delta tR_1 } \approx (1 - \Delta tR_1 )^{ - 1} (1 + \Delta tR_1 +) +\] +The flow maps for $T_2^r$ and $T_3^r$ can be found in the same +manner. + +In order to construct a second-order symplectic method, we split the +angular kinetic Hamiltonian function into five terms +\[ +T^r (\pi ) = \frac{1}{2}T_1 ^r (\pi _1 ) + \frac{1}{2}T_2^r (\pi _2 +) + T_3^r (\pi _3 ) + \frac{1}{2}T_2^r (\pi _2 ) + \frac{1}{2}T_1 ^r +(\pi _1 ) +\]. +Concatenating flows corresponding to these five terms, we can obtain +the flow map for free rigid body, +\[ +\varphi _{\Delta t,T^r } = \varphi _{\Delta t/2,\pi _1 } \circ +\varphi _{\Delta t/2,\pi _2 } \circ \varphi _{\Delta t,\pi _3 } +\circ \varphi _{\Delta t/2,\pi _2 } \circ \varphi _{\Delta t/2,\pi +_1 }. +\] + +The equations of motion corresponding to potential energy and +kinetic energy are listed in the below table, +\begin{center} +\begin{tabular}{|l|l|} + \hline + % after \\: \hline or \cline{col1-col2} \cline{col3-col4} ... + Potential & Kinetic \\ + $\frac{{dq}}{{dt}} = \frac{p}{m}$ & $\frac{d}{{dt}}q = p$ \\ + $\frac{d}{{dt}}p = - \frac{{\partial V}}{{\partial q}}$ & $ \frac{d}{{dt}}p = 0$ \\ + $\frac{d}{{dt}}Q = 0$ & $ \frac{d}{{dt}}Q = Qskew(I^{ - 1} j)$ \\ + $ \frac{d}{{dt}}\pi = \sum\limits_i {\left( {Q^T F_i (r,Q)} \right) \times X_i }$ & $\frac{d}{{dt}}\pi = \pi \times I^{ - 1} \pi$\\ + \hline +\end{tabular} +\end{center} + +Finally, we obtain the overall symplectic flow maps for free moving +rigid body +\begin{align*} + \varphi _{\Delta t} = &\varphi _{\Delta t/2,F} \circ \varphi _{\Delta t/2,\tau } \circ \\ + &\varphi _{\Delta t,T^t } \circ \varphi _{\Delta t/2,\pi _1 } \circ \varphi _{\Delta t/2,\pi _2 } \circ \varphi _{\Delta t,\pi _3 } \circ \varphi _{\Delta t/2,\pi _2 } \circ \varphi _{\Delta t/2,\pi _1 } \circ \\ + &\varphi _{\Delta t/2,\tau } \circ \varphi _{\Delta t/2,F} .\\ +\label{introEquation:overallRBFlowMaps} +\end{align*} + +\subsection{Langevin dynamics for rigid particles of arbitrary shape} + +Consider a Langevin equation of motions in generalized coordinates +\begin{equation} +M_i \dot V_i (t) = F_{s,i} (t) + F_{f,i(t)} + F_{r,i} (t) +\label{LDGeneralizedForm} +\end{equation} +where $M_i$ is a $6\times6$ generalized diagonal mass (include mass +and moment of inertial) matrix and $V_i$ is a generalized velocity, +$V_i = V_i(v_i,\omega _i)$. The right side of Eq. +(\ref{LDGeneralizedForm}) consists of three generalized forces in +lab-fixed frame, systematic force $F_{s,i}$, dissipative force +$F_{f,i}$ and stochastic force $F_{r,i}$. While the evolution of the +system in Newtownian mechanics typically refers to lab-fixed frame, +it is also convenient to handle the rotation of rigid body in +body-fixed frame. Thus the friction and random forces are calculated +in body-fixed frame and converted back to lab-fixed frame by: +\[ +\begin{array}{l} + F_{f,i}^l (t) = A^T F_{f,i}^b (t), \\ + F_{r,i}^l (t) = A^T F_{r,i}^b (t) \\ + \end{array}. +\] +Here, the body-fixed friction force $F_{r,i}^b$ is proportional to +the body-fixed velocity at center of resistance $v_{R,i}^b$ and +angular velocity $\omega _i$, +\begin{equation} +F_{r,i}^b (t) = \left( \begin{array}{l} + f_{r,i}^b (t) \\ + \tau _{r,i}^b (t) \\ + \end{array} \right) = - \left( {\begin{array}{*{20}c} + {\Xi _{R,t} } & {\Xi _{R,c}^T } \\ + {\Xi _{R,c} } & {\Xi _{R,r} } \\ +\end{array}} \right)\left( \begin{array}{l} + v_{R,i}^b (t) \\ + \omega _i (t) \\ + \end{array} \right), +\end{equation} +while the random force $F_{r,i}^l$ is a Gaussian stochastic variable +with zero mean and variance +\begin{equation} +\left\langle {F_{r,i}^l (t)(F_{r,i}^l (t'))^T } \right\rangle = +\left\langle {F_{r,i}^b (t)(F_{r,i}^b (t'))^T } \right\rangle = +2k_B T\Xi _R \delta (t - t'). +\end{equation} +The equation of motion for $v_i$ can be written as +\begin{equation} +m\dot v_i (t) = f_{t,i} (t) = f_{s,i} (t) + f_{f,i}^l (t) + +f_{r,i}^l (t) +\end{equation} +Since the frictional force is applied at the center of resistance +which generally does not coincide with the center of mass, an extra +torque is exerted at the center of mass. Thus, the net body-fixed +frictional torque at the center of mass, $\tau _{n,i}^b (t)$, is +given by +\begin{equation} +\tau _{r,i}^b = \tau _{r,i}^b +r_{MR} \times f_{r,i}^b +\end{equation} +where $r_{MR}$ is the vector from the center of mass to the center +of the resistance. Instead of integrating angular velocity in +lab-fixed frame, we consider the equation of motion of angular +momentum in body-fixed frame +\begin{equation} +\dot \pi _i (t) = \tau _{t,i} (t) = \tau _{s,i} (t) + \tau _{f,i}^b +(t) + \tau _{r,i}^b(t) +\end{equation} + +Embedding the friction terms into force and torque, one can +integrate the langevin equations of motion for rigid body of +arbitrary shape in a velocity-Verlet style 2-part algorithm, where +$h= \delta t$: + +{\tt part one:} +\begin{align*} + v_i (t + h/2) &\leftarrow v_i (t) + \frac{{hf_{t,i}^l (t)}}{{2m_i }} \\ + \pi _i (t + h/2) &\leftarrow \pi _i (t) + \frac{{h\tau _{t,i}^b (t)}}{2} \\ + r_i (t + h) &\leftarrow r_i (t) + hv_i (t + h/2) \\ + A_i (t + h) &\leftarrow rotate\left( {h\pi _i (t + h/2)I^{ - 1} } \right) \\ +\end{align*} +In this context, the $\mathrm{rotate}$ function is the reversible +product of five consecutive body-fixed rotations, +\begin{equation} +\mathrm{rotate}({\bf a}) = \mathsf{G}_x(a_x / 2) \cdot +\mathsf{G}_y(a_y / 2) \cdot \mathsf{G}_z(a_z) \cdot \mathsf{G}_y(a_y +/ 2) \cdot \mathsf{G}_x(a_x /2), +\end{equation} +where each rotational propagator, $\mathsf{G}_\alpha(\theta)$, +rotates both the rotation matrix ($\mathsf{A}$) and the body-fixed +angular momentum ($\pi$) by an angle $\theta$ around body-fixed axis +$\alpha$, +\begin{equation} +\mathsf{G}_\alpha( \theta ) = \left\{ +\begin{array}{lcl} +\mathsf{A}(t) & \leftarrow & \mathsf{A}(0) \cdot \mathsf{R}_\alpha(\theta)^T, \\ +{\bf j}(t) & \leftarrow & \mathsf{R}_\alpha(\theta) \cdot {\bf +j}(0). +\end{array} +\right. +\end{equation} +$\mathsf{R}_\alpha$ is a quadratic approximation to the single-axis +rotation matrix. For example, in the small-angle limit, the +rotation matrix around the body-fixed x-axis can be approximated as +\begin{equation} +\mathsf{R}_x(\theta) \approx \left( +\begin{array}{ccc} +1 & 0 & 0 \\ +0 & \frac{1-\theta^2 / 4}{1 + \theta^2 / 4} & -\frac{\theta}{1+ +\theta^2 / 4} \\ +0 & \frac{\theta}{1+ \theta^2 / 4} & \frac{1-\theta^2 / 4}{1 + +\theta^2 / 4} +\end{array} +\right). +\end{equation} +All other rotations follow in a straightforward manner. + +After the first part of the propagation, the friction and random +forces are generated at the center of resistance in body-fixed frame +and converted back into lab-fixed frame +\[ +f_{t,i}^l (t + h) = - \left( {\frac{{\partial V}}{{\partial r_i }}} +\right)_{r_i (t + h)} + A_i^T (t + h)[F_{f,i}^b (t + h) + F_{r,i}^b +(t + h)], +\] +while the system torque in lab-fixed frame is transformed into +body-fixed frame, +\[ +\tau _{t,i}^b (t + h) = A\tau _{s,i}^l (t) + \tau _{n,i}^b (t) + +\tau _{r,i}^b (t). +\] +Once the forces and torques have been obtained at the new time step, +the velocities can be advanced to the same time value. + +{\tt part two:} +\begin{align*} + v_i (t) &\leftarrow v_i (t + h/2) + \frac{{hf_{t,i}^l (t + h)}}{{2m_i }} \\ + \pi _i (t) &\leftarrow \pi _i (t + h/2) + \frac{{h\tau _{t,i}^b (t + h)}}{2} \\ +\end{align*} + +\subsection{Results and discussion}