[gmx-users] How to extend Ryckaert-Bellemans parameters?
Nicolas Sapay
nsapay at ucalgary.ca
Tue Mar 20 23:14:37 CET 2007
David van der Spoel wrote:
> Nicolas Sapay wrote:
>> Hello everybody,
>>
>> I need to extend Ryckaert-Bellemans parameters to C6 in order to take
>> into account dihedrals in alkyl chains. What parts of the source code
>> need to be modified exactly? I'm sure it is pretty trivial to do
>> that, but I can't find by myself the functions and/or structures
>> involved in the R-B potential calculation. Can someone help me? I
>> have already a .itp file with the correct number of parameters.
>>
>> Nicolas
>>
>> ps: I have read the previous posts on the topic... Unfortunately, the
>> parts of the code to modify were not indicated.
>>
> You can actually do it simpler. By adding a proper dihedral with
> multiplicity 6 in the top file. You then have two dihedral functions
> on one bond.
Thanks for your quick answer,
As it is not possible to do that in the ffxxxbon.itp file, I was sure it
was the same thing in all other files. But it works perfectly with my
.top files... Thanks!
Nicolas
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