[gmx-developers] reading velocity in gmx_msd.c

[David van der Spoel]

On 2010-05-18 23.10, Gaurav Goel wrote:
> I am modifying the 'g_msd' utility to be able to calculate viscosities
> using the corresponding Einstein relationship according to equation
> 3.14 in Helfand E., Physical Review, 119, 1, 1960. The equation is
> similar to the mean-square displacement equation for self-diffusion
> coefficient with the position vector 'r_i ' replaced by 'r_ix p_iy'
> where p_iy is the particle momenta in y-direction.
>
> So basically I need to be able to read both position and velocities
> from the trajectory. Presently, gmx_msd.c uses 'read_first_x' and
> 'read_next_x' to read the coordinates. Can you please comment on how I
> can modify this code to read the corresponding velocities?
>
> Any help is greatly appreciated.
>
> thanks,
> Gaurav
 From include/statutil.h:

extern bool read_next_frame(const output_env_t oenv,int 
status,t_trxframe *fr);
   /* Reads the next frame which is in accordance with fr->flags.
    * Returns TRUE when succeeded, FALSE otherwise.
    */

Do also checkout
g_tcaf -h


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