[gmx-developers] Re: Force calculation

[David van der Spoel]

Chenyue Xing wrote:
> Plus, with the first case r=z running EM (steep)
> the result gives potential energy reaches xxx (a reasonable number) and 
> max force = inf on atom xxxx, norm of force = xxx ( a huge number).
>  
> while with force in z component only (set fx, fy to 0, actually) running 
> EM (steep)
> potential energy, max force and norm of force are all reasonable.
> 
>  

The two things you compare are not identical. You can have z = 0, but 
that does not mean that r = 0. Since in general the forces are computed 
as 1/r^n having z very small will lead to singularities. So please 
specify what kind of potential you want to use that is Z dependent only.

-- 
David.
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