Recent content by erin85

Hi, thanks for the response. Sorry, I didn't notice... physicsforum usually e-mails me when I get a response... What rule is that for the transition from the 2nd to 3rd line? Not quite sure I'm getting that step. Although it is almost 3 in the morning, and I've been studying for a while...

Homework Statement Derive the moments equations for a plasma. I specifically need help developing the 2nd moment equation (the Energy Balance). I can't get one of the terms... Homework Equations The Boltzmann Equation: \frac{\partial f_{\sigma}}{\partial t} + \vec{v}\cdot \nabla...

The above posters have already listed numerous reasons why women have been held down socially, so I'm not going to repeat them... most are quite true. Given that women are less encouraged to go into physics as children, and physics classes are taught in a style that is non-optimal for many...

I have done a little bit more research... but I am not well versed enough in steels to figure out if what I am saying is true. I want to research the transition from austenite (fcc) to martensite. The potential I am using was written for ferrite (bcc), with a lattice constant of 2.8553, but I...

It's decent, but watch out for changing symbols. A symbol that means one thing on one page will probably mean something completely different in the next chapter... even within the same chapter, one quantity could be given a couple of different symbols... it's also pretty info dense. If you want...

Nuclear Engineering is a great field to be entering... the nuclear renaissance is upon us, with tons of new reactors on order. Basically, you'll be very in demand once you get your degree. As for math, depending on how strongly applied physics based the program you choose is, you can do a lot of...

Hi everyone- I am trying to run some MD simulations of martensitic iron. I am having a lot of trouble finding a lattice constant anywhere in the literature... I know the crystal structure is bct, so there will be some c/a ratio as well... any suggestions? Erin

Not sure... I also use LAMMPS, though I don't have experience with the problem you're doing. I would suggest posting to the LAMMPS mailing list. It's really active, and the creators of lammps will help you out there. The link is on the main page.