[gmx-users] Energies in simulation

Payman Pirzadeh ppirzade at ucalgary.ca
Mon Jun 8 19:24:51 CEST 2009


Here is the content of .itp file which I developed:

; This is an itp file to describe water's six-site model by H. Nada and J.P.
J. M. Van der Eerden, J. Chem. Phys. Vol.118, no.16, pp7401-7413 (2003)
; This model is a combination of TIP4P and TIP5P. It has three LJ sites and
3 Coulomb sites
; O-H bond length is 0.980A, HOH angle is 108.00degrees, LOL angle is 111.00
degrees, O-M and O-L are about 0.230A and 0.8892A respectively

[ defaults ]
; non-bondedtype        combrule        genpairs        FudgeLJ
FudgeQQ         N
1                       2               NO

[ atomtypes ]
;name   mass    charge  ptype   c6      c12
OW      15.9994 0.0     A       0.3115  0.714845562
HW      1.00800 0.477   A       0.0673  0.11541
MW      0.000   -0.866  D       0.00    0.00
LW      0.00    -0.044  D       0.00    0.00

[ moleculetype ]
;molname    nrexcl
SOL             1

[ atoms ]
; nr    atomtype        resnr   residuename     atom    cgnr    charge
1       OW              1       SOL             OW      1       0.0
2       HW              1       SOL             HW1     1       0.477
3       HW              1       SOL             HW2     1       0.477
4       MW              1       SOL             MW      1       -0.866
5       LW              1       SOL             LP1     1       -0.044
6       LW              1       SOL             LP2     1       -0.044

[ settles ]
; OW    function        doh     dhh
1       1               0.0980  0.15856

[ dummies3 ]
; These set of parameters are for M site which can be easily calculated
using TIP4P calculations from tip4p.itp
; So, it will be described as dummy site 3: r(v)= r(i) + a*(r(i)-r(j)) +
b*(r(i)-r(k))
; const = |OH|/{|OH|*cos(HOH/2)} => Due to vector algebra a=b=const/2.
Remember that OM is in the same direction of OH bonds.
; Remember this site is in the same plane of OH bonds; so, its function 1
;
; site  from            function        a               b
4       1  2  3         1               0.199642536     0.199642536

; Now we define the position of L sites which can be obtained from tip5p.itp
; So, it will be described as dummy site 3out: r(v) = r(i) + a*(r(i)-r(j)) +
b*(r(i)-r(k)) + c*(r(ij)Xr(ik))
; const1 = {|OL|*cos(LOL/2)}/{|OH|*cos(HOH/2)} => Due to vector algebra
|a|=|b|=const/2. since the lone pairs are in opposite direction of OH bonds,
a minus sign is added. This part is similar to M site.
; const2 = {|OL|*sin(LOL/2)}/{|OH|*|OH|*sin(HOH)} => The denominator is the
magnitude of vector product of OH bonds.
; This sites are tetrahedral sites; so, its function 4
;
; site  from            function        a               b               c
5       1  2  3         4               -0.437172388    -0.437172388
8.022961206
6       1  2  3         4               -0.437172388    -0.437172388
-8.022961206

[ exclusions ]
1       2       3       4       5       6
2       1       3       4       5       6
3       1       2       4       5       6
4       1       2       3       5       6
5       1       2       3       4       6
6       1       2       3       4       5


And here is the mdp file which I used for the simulation run:
cpp              = cpp
include          = -I../top
define           =

; Run control

integrator       = md
dt               = 0.001           ;1 fs
nsteps           = 1000000         ;10 ns
comm_mode        = linear
nstcomm          = 1

;Output control

nstxout          = 5000
nstlog           = 5000
nstenergy        = 5000
nstxtcout        = 1000
xtc_grps         =
energygrps       =

; Neighbour Searching

nstlist          = 10
ns_type          = grid
rlist            = 0.9

; Electrostatistics

coulombtype      = PME
rcoulomb         = 0.9
epsilon_r        = 1

; Vdw

vdwtype          = cut-off
rvdw             = 1.2
DispCorr         = EnerPres

;Ewald

fourierspacing  = 0.12
pme_order       = 4
ewald_rtol      = 1e-6
optimize_fft    = yes

; Temperature coupling

tcoupl           = Berendsen
tc-grps          = System
tau_t            = 0.1
ref_t            = 300

; Pressure Coupling

Pcoupl           = Berendsen
Pcoupltype       = isotropic
tau_p            = 1.0
compressibility  = 5.5e-5
ref_p            = 1.0
gen_vel          = yes
                   

The expected Potential energy is supposed to be around -41.5kJ/mol while my
potential is around -22.2kJ/mol. I calculated the energies by g_energy
command.

Payman  


-----Original Message-----
From: gmx-users-bounces at gromacs.org [mailto:gmx-users-bounces at gromacs.org]
On Behalf Of David van der Spoel
Sent: June 8, 2009 11:13 AM
To: Discussion list for GROMACS users
Subject: Re: [gmx-users] Energies in simulation

Payman Pirzadeh wrote:
> To the best of my knowledge no, but how can I check that?
> 
A. read the original paper: is your topology correct? Are the simulation 
parameters the same?

B. post the itp file here and mdp file and specify energy and expected 
energy. How about energy units?

> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: gmx-users-bounces at gromacs.org [mailto:gmx-users-bounces at gromacs.org]
> On Behalf Of David van der Spoel
> Sent: June 8, 2009 11:06 AM
> To: Discussion list for GROMACS users
> Subject: Re: [gmx-users] Energies in simulation
> 
> Payman Pirzadeh wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> I am using my own water model which I developed its .itp file. When 
>> simulation is done after 1ns and energy is kinetic and potential 
>> energies are analyzed, the kinetic value is almost OK, but the potential 
>> energy is almost half of the value reported in literature and another MD 
>> code that I am currently using. I double-checked the parameters I gave 
>> in the .itp with TIP4P and TIP5P to make sure everything is correct in 
>> format and unit. But I can not figure out the problem. Any ideas?
>>
> 
> Is there any self-energy involved (i.e. a monomer energy that yo have to 
> subtract)?
>>  
>>
>> Payman  
>>
>>  
>>
>>  
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