.. index:: compute inertia/chunk

compute inertia/chunk command
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Syntax
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.. parsed-literal::

   compute ID group-ID inertia/chunk chunkID

* ID, group-ID are documented in :doc:`compute <compute>` command
* inertia/chunk = style name of this compute command
* chunkID = ID of :doc:`compute chunk/atom <compute_chunk_atom>` command

Examples
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.. code-block:: LAMMPS

   compute 1 fluid inertia/chunk molchunk

Description
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Define a computation that calculates the inertia tensor for multiple
chunks of atoms.

In LAMMPS, chunks are collections of atoms defined by a :doc:`compute chunk/atom <compute_chunk_atom>` command, which assigns each atom
to a single chunk (or no chunk).  The ID for this command is specified
as chunkID.  For example, a single chunk could be the atoms in a
molecule or atoms in a spatial bin.  See the :doc:`compute chunk/atom <compute_chunk_atom>` and :doc:`Howto chunk <Howto_chunk>`
doc pages for details of how chunks can be defined and examples of how
they can be used to measure properties of a system.

This compute calculates the 6 components of the symmetric inertia
tensor for each chunk, ordered Ixx,Iyy,Izz,Ixy,Iyz,Ixz.  The
calculation includes all effects due to atoms passing through periodic
boundaries.

Note that only atoms in the specified group contribute to the
calculation.  The :doc:`compute chunk/atom <compute_chunk_atom>` command
defines its own group; atoms will have a chunk ID = 0 if they are not
in that group, signifying they are not assigned to a chunk, and will
thus also not contribute to this calculation.  You can specify the
"all" group for this command if you simply want to include atoms with
non-zero chunk IDs.

.. note::

   The coordinates of an atom contribute to the chunk's inertia
   tensor in "unwrapped" form, by using the image flags associated with
   each atom.  See the :doc:`dump custom <dump>` command for a discussion
   of "unwrapped" coordinates.  See the Atoms section of the
   :doc:`read_data <read_data>` command for a discussion of image flags and
   how they are set for each atom.  You can reset the image flags
   (e.g. to 0) before invoking this compute by using the :doc:`set image <set>` command.

The simplest way to output the results of the compute inertia/chunk
calculation to a file is to use the :doc:`fix ave/time <fix_ave_time>`
command, for example:

.. code-block:: LAMMPS

   compute cc1 all chunk/atom molecule
   compute myChunk all inertia/chunk cc1
   fix 1 all ave/time 100 1 100 c_myChunk[*] file tmp.out mode vector

**Output info:**

This compute calculates a global array where the number of rows = the
number of chunks *Nchunk* as calculated by the specified :doc:`compute chunk/atom <compute_chunk_atom>` command.  The number of columns =
6 for the 6 components of the inertia tensor for each chunk, ordered
as listed above.  These values can be accessed by any command that
uses global array values from a compute as input.  See the :doc:`Howto output <Howto_output>` doc page for an overview of LAMMPS output
options.

The array values are "intensive".  The array values will be in
mass\*distance\^2 :doc:`units <units>`.

Restrictions
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 none

Related commands
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:doc:`variable inertia() function <variable>`

**Default:** none
