[gmx-users] Couette flow

[David van der Spoel]

Manik Mayur wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> With reference to
> 
> http://www.mail-archive.com/gmx-users@gromacs.org/msg13374.html
> 
> I would like to know if anybody has successfully simulated couette flow 
> using GROMACS. If yes, then please suggest what specific steps has to be 
> taken. If no, then are the developers planning to implement giving 
> constant velocity to a group of atoms, as we can do in LAMMPS, in future 
> versions.
> 
> It will really be a life saver if GROMACS can be used for such problems. 

As the mail you pointed to suggest, it is quite simple to do yourself. 
As a first guess look for routine
static void do_update_md(int start,int homenr,double dt,

in src/mdlib/update.c

and find this line:

           /* do not scale the mean velocities u */
           vn             = gstat[ga].u[d] + accel[ga][d]*dt + vnrel;

and replace it by

           /* do not scale the mean velocities u */
           vn             = gstat[ga].u[d] + accel[ga][d] + vnrel;

and recompile.

As you see, I just removed the multiplication by the time step. Now in 
the input file (mdp) you enter the velocity instead of the acceleration 
in the appropriate entries, and you are good to go. You may need to 
remove the mean velocity of the group as well...

> Also can we build GROMACS as a library to be called from customized codes?
> 
> Thanks,
> -- 
> Manik Mayur
> Graduate student
> Microfluidics Lab
> Dept. of Mechanical Engg.
> IIT Kharagpur
> INDIA
> 
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David.
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