[gmx-users] rigid body again

[David van der Spoel]

On Thu, 2005-06-09 at 10:19 -0400, Lianqing Zheng wrote:
> Dear gmxers,
> 
> I have checked the archive and it seems gmx is not directly supporting
> rigid molecule simulation. I'm wondering if the following will work.
> 
> Say, for a molecule of N atoms, we choose 3N-6 independent internal
> coordinates (e.g., from a Z-matrix) and constrain all these bonds (by
> [constraints]), angles (by all-angles), and dihedrals (by adding 
> improper dihedrals with large force constants). Will this achieve a rigid
> molecule? Did anyone have any experience in this?
large force constants will make high-frequency vibration forcing you to
use very short time steps. Try adding long range constraints instead,
but be careful that it may be difficult to solve for the constraints
unless they are very accurately defined (distances). You may even need
double precision.
> 
> Thanks a lot for your help!
> 
> Lianqing
> 
> 
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David.
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