[gmx-users] scaling pressure

Erik Lindahl lindahl at stanford.edu
Tue Aug 20 19:05:19 CEST 2002


mojtaba alaei wrote:
> Dear All
> 
> Erick wrote at Sun, 18 Aug 2002 10:36:13 with subject"Re: [gmx-users] 
> Amorphous polymer and periodic box":
> 
>> The normal way to simulate polymers is to have a long molecule and 
>> >let it interact with itself if it's longer than the box. You'll 
>> probably have to start with an extended >molecule in a very long box 
>> at higher temperature, and then gradually use pressure scaling to 
>> shrink >the box (and let the molecule cross the box boundary).
> 
> 
> how can I scale pressure?

Search for 'pressure coupling' in the manual (I'm sure it's in the 
index), and then check the html online documentation for details
on the parameters.

Cheers,

Erik





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