[gmx-users] an elastic network

[David L. Bostick]

Hello folks,

I was thinking about treating a set of particles as an "elastic" object, by
drawing a pliable elastic network (i.e. connecting particles that are less
than some distance, R, apart with a harmonic bond).  I have a few questions
about some practical matters implementing this in gmx.

1) If I remember correctly, isn't there a maximum number of bonded
interactions for a single interaction detected by grompp? If so, is there a
workaround?

2) Provided I am right on #1, I have thought of a workaround using harmonic
distance restraints.  My question on this though, is that if I use distance
restraints, is this interpreted as a "bonded interaction?"  That is... will
the exclusions rule still apply? I do not wish to have the harmonically
connected particles interact via "nonbonded" interactions, so this is an
important issue.  I understand that I can always list the exclusions in the
topology, but I would rather take care of them with the [ defaults ] tag in
my topology.

3) Is there another way that I haven't thought of?

Thanks for any help.

David

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