[gmx-users] Decane layer

David spoel at xray.bmc.uu.se
Fri Aug 5 20:16:50 CEST 2005


On Fri, 2005-08-05 at 13:02 -0400, Kai Zhuang wrote:
> > if all else fails you can make the box bigger using editconf and run
> > with pressure coupling to have it contract again.
> 
> can you elaborate on this method?
> so you make a box that's much bigger than the current solvent+solution
> box, and let the molecules drift around to fill the bigger box, and
> then apply pressure to compress the solven + solute back to its
> original size? how does this fix bad contacts?
yes. since the box is big in the beginning there are no contacts.
> 
> 
> On 8/5/05, David van der Spoel <spoel at xray.bmc.uu.se> wrote:
> > On Fri, 2005-08-05 at 15:40 +0100, M.Naser wrote:
> > > Thnaks david.
> > >
> > > Can you give me some idea of how long it suppose to take?
> > unless the conformation is really bad a few hundred steps should
> > suffice. then you should run with pressure coupling.
> > 
> > if all else fails you can make the box bigger using editconf and run
> > with pressure coupling to have it contract again.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > > On Fri, 2005-08-05 at 15:19 +0100, M.Naser wrote:
> > > >> Hi All,
> > > >>
> > > >> I have a decane box with 730 kg/m^3 and trying to run trial simulation
> > > >> but
> > > >> crashing on me. It might be due to the bad contact. Is there any way I
> > > >> can
> > > >> avoid that?
> > > >
> > > > long energy minimization
> > > >
> > > >>
> > > >> My mdp file as follows:
> > > >>
> > > >> title                  =  Decane
> > > >> cpp                 =  /lib/cpp
> > > >> ;define              =  -DPOSRES ;  -DFLEX_SPC  -DFLEXIBLE
> > > >> ;include             =  -I/home/bio/mn2/tutor/project1/
> > > >>
> > > >> integrator          = md
> > > >> dt                  = 0.001
> > > >> nsteps              = 1000000
> > > >> tint                   = 0
> > > >> init_step           = 0
> > > >> comm_mode           = linear
> > > >> nstcomm             = 1
> > > >>
> > > >>
> > > >>
> > > >>
> > > >> nstlist             = 10
> > > >> ns_type        = grid
> > > >> pbc                 = xyz
> > > >> rlist                  = 0.9
> > > >>
> > > >>
> > > >>
> > > >>
> > > >> coulombtype            = PME
> > > >> rcoulomb-switch     = 0
> > > >> rcoulomb            = 0.9
> > > >> vdwtype                = switch
> > > >> rvdw-switch            = 0.8
> > > >> rvdw                = 0.9
> > > >> fourierspacing     = 0.1
> > > >> pme_order          = 4
> > > >> ewald_rtol          =1e-5
> > > >> ewald_geometry      =3dc
> > > >> surface_epsilon     =0
> > > >> optimize_fft        =yes
> > > >> DispCorr            = no
> > > >> table-extension     = 1
> > > >>
> > > >> Tcoupl              =  Berendsen
> > > >> tc_grps                = system
> > > >> tau_t               =  0.1
> > > >> ref_t                  =  300
> > > >>
> > > >> Pcoupl              = no
> > > >>
> > > >> constraints               = all-bonds
> > > >> constraint_algorithm      = shake ;lincs
> > > >> unconstrained_start       = no
> > > >> shake_tol                 = 0.0001
> > > >>
> > > >>
> > > >> nstxout            = 1000
> > > >> nstvout            = 1000
> > > >> nstfout            = 0
> > > >> nstlog            =  1000
> > > >> nstenergy         =  1000
> > > >> nstxtcout         =  1000
> > > >> xtc_precision     = 1000
> > > >>
> > > >> Thanks in advance,
> > > >>
> > > >> Abu
> > > >>
> > > >>
> > > >>
> > > >>
> > > >>
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