[gmx-users] G96 alkane params

[David]

On Tue, 2003-06-03 at 18:24, Marcos Villarreal wrote:
> Hello,
> I am trying to reproduce the simulations used to develop the G96 45A3 (new 
> alkanes params).
> When I perform the NVT simulations with a 0.8/1.4 cut-off, the resulting 
> pressure is to low. So I decided to use a 0.8/1.3 cut-off and then, the 
> calculated pressure, dHvap and Vol (in a different NPT simul) are exactly as 
> the published results for dodecane and for hexadecane.
> 
> Is it possible that the different neighbor searching algorithms implemented 
> in GMX and in Gromos are the responsable for this?
To be sure you'd want to check *every* possible parameter, like nstlist
(should be 5 according to gromos), but first check all the energy terms.
Is the difference really in the LJ/Coulomb only?


> 
> Saludos,
> 	Marcos
-- 
Groeten, David.
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