Consider Example 4.D.3 from the lecture book. Here, a disk of mass is tied to a rubber band, with the opposite end of the rubber ban being tied to a peg at A. The disk is set into motion at the ...

We call these materials elastic, like rubber bands. You can change the shape of some materials like Plasticine. You can push it. Pull it. Bend it. Stretch it. And when you do it stays that shape ...

We are all familiar with elastic materials – just think of a rubber band which can return to its original shape after being stretched. Humans have used elastic materials for millennia.

When I worked in a computational materials research group, I had to run Nudged Elastic Band simulations. Finding tutorials and/or templates for this on VASP were pretty diffuicult. I decided to put ...