SIMULATION APPARATUS, SIMULATION METHOD, AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM STORING PROGRAM

A value of a parameter defining a linear term and a value of a parameter defining a nonlinear term of an interaction potential between particles determined according to a material to be simulated and an initial condition of a particle disposition are input to an input unit. A processing unit analyzes behavior of the particles by a molecular dynamics method using the interaction potential defined by the values of the parameters input to the input unit and based on the initial condition input to the input unit.