# pair_style sph/taitwater command

## Syntax

``` LAMMPS
pair_style sph/taitwater
```

## Examples

``` LAMMPS
pair_style sph/taitwater
pair_coeff * * 1000.0 1430.0 1.0 2.4
```

## Description

The sph/taitwater style computes pressure forces between SPH particles
according to Tait\'s equation of state:

$$p = B \biggl[\left(\frac{\rho}{\rho_0}\right)^{\gamma} - 1\biggr]$$

where $\gamma = 7$ and $B = c_0^2 \rho_0 / \gamma$, with $\rho_0$ being
the reference density and $c_0$ the reference speed of sound.

This pair style also computes Monaghan\'s artificial viscosity to
prevent particles from interpenetrating [(Monaghan)](Monaghan).

See [this PDF guide](PDF/SPH_LAMMPS_userguide.pdf)\_ to using SPH in
LAMMPS.

The following coefficients must be defined for each pair of atoms types
via the [pair_coeff](pair_coeff) command as in the examples above.

-   $\rho_0$ reference density (mass/volume units)
-   $c_0$ reference soundspeed (distance/time units)
-   $\nu$ artificial viscosity (no units)
-   h kernel function cutoff (distance units)

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## Mixing, shift, table, tail correction, restart, rRESPA info

This style does not support mixing. Thus, coefficients for all I,J pairs
must be specified explicitly.

This style does not support the [pair_modify](pair_modify) shift, table,
and tail options.

This style does not write information to [binary restart
files](restart). Thus, you need to re-specify the pair_style and
pair_coeff commands in an input script that reads a restart file.

This style can only be used via the *pair* keyword of the [run_style
respa](run_style) command. It does not support the *inner*, *middle*,
*outer* keywords.

## Restrictions

This pair style is part of the SPH package. It is only enabled if LAMMPS
was built with that package. See the [Build package](Build_package) page
for more info.

## Related commands

[pair_coeff](pair_coeff), pair_sph/rhosum

## Default

none

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::: {#Monaghan}
**(Monaghan)** Monaghan and Gingold, Journal of Computational Physics,
52, 374-389 (1983).
:::