[gmx-users] Re: number of degrees of frredom

Vitaly Chaban vvchaban at gmail.com
Mon Jul 12 17:55:37 CEST 2010


So cite the error please. I did not find the error regarding degrees
of freedom below.

Do you want to keep your PE in vacuum?


Dr. Vitaly Chaban



> The actual box I got by replicating monomer units has size of 15 0.5 0.5!!!!
> That is chain has no space to move. I know you have already given me some
> tips on high repulsion in the system but that had to do with incorrect
> topology file. I assure you I have learned a lot from your tips ;)
> This time I need to have such packed system because that gives me the
> density I want. 0.9g/cm3 for PE! for a chain of 60 ethylene units the size
> should be identical to the actual size 15 0.5 0.5. And I am wondering how
> can I work with much longer chains ( 20 times longer)...
>
> md grompp is giving error about degrees of freedom. Any advise on this in
> appreciated...
>
> Thank you,
>
> md
> grompp****************************************************************************
> aking dummy/rest group for Acceleration containing 2896 elements
> Making dummy/rest group for Freeze containing 2896 elements
> Making dummy/rest group for Energy Mon. containing 2896 elements
> Making dummy/rest group for VCM containing 2896 elements
> Number of degrees of freedom in T-Coupling group Eth is 5373.22
> Number of degrees of freedom in T-Coupling group EthB is 211.89
> Number of degrees of freedom in T-Coupling group EthE is 211.89
> Making dummy/rest group for User1 containing 2896 elements
> Making dummy/rest group for User2 containing 2896 elements
> Making dummy/rest group for XTC containing 2896 elements
> Making dummy/rest group for Or. Res. Fit containing 2896 elements
> Making dummy/rest group for QMMM containing 2896 elements
> T-Coupling       has 3 element(s): Eth EthB EthE
> Energy Mon.      has 1 element(s): rest
> Acceleration     has 1 element(s): rest
> Freeze           has 1 element(s): rest
> User1            has 1 element(s): rest
> User2            has 1 element(s): rest
> VCM              has 1 element(s): rest
> XTC              has 1 element(s): rest
> Or. Res. Fit     has 1 element(s): rest
> QMMM             has 1 element(s): rest
>
> mdpfile**************************************************************************************
>
> title               =  PE-Hexane
> ;define                   =  -DPOSRES   ; tells gromacs to perform position
> restrained dynamics/include posre.itp into topology used for position
> restraint
> pbc                       =  xyz                ; use priodic BCs in all
> directions
>
> ;               Run control
> integrator          =  md               ; type of dynamics algorithm. Here
> md uses a leap-frog algorithm for integrating Newtons's eq of motion
> dt                  =  0.002            ; in ps !
> nsteps              =  5000             ; length of simulation= nsteps*dt
> nstcomm             =  1                ; frequency for center of mass
> motion removal
>
> ;               Output control
> nstenergy           =  100              ; frequency to write energies to
> energy file. i.e., energies and other statistical data are stored every 10
> steps
> nstxout             =  100              ; frequency to write
> coordinates/velocity/force to output trajectory file. how often snapshots
> are collected= nstxout*dt
> nstvout             =  100
> nstfout             =  0
> nstlog              =  100              ; frequency to write energies to log
> file
> nstxtcout                 =  10         ; frequency to write coordinates to
> xtc trajectory
>
> ;               Neighbor searching
> nstlist             =  10               ; frequency to update neighbor list.
> Neighborlist will be updated at least every 10 steps. Manual p80
> ns_type             =  grid             ; make a grid in the box and only
> check atoms in neighboring grid cells when constructing a new neighbor list
> every nstlist steps
>
> ;               Electrostatics/VdW
> coulombtype         =  Shift        ; tells gromacs how to model
> electrostatics. Coulomb/LJ potential is decreased over the whole range and
> forces decay smoothly to zero betw$
> vdw-type                =  Shift        ; rcoulomb-switch/rvw-switch &
> rcoulomb/rvdw
> rcoulomb-switch     =  0                ; where to start switching the
> Coulomb potential
> rvw-switch          =  0                ; where to start switching the LJ
> potential
>
> ;               Cut-offs
> rlist               =  1.1              ; in nm. Cut-off distance for
> short-range neighbor list
> rcoulomb            =  1.0              ; distance for coulomb cut-off
> rvdw                =  1.0              ; distance for coulomb cut-off
>
> ;               Temperature coupling
> Tcoupl              =  berendsen
> tc-grps             =  Eth  EthB  EthE  ;HEX            ; groups to couple
> to thermostat; Berendsen temperature coupling is on in these groups
> tau_t               =  0.1  0.1   0.1   ;0.1            ; time constant for
> T coupling
> ref_t               =  300  300   300   ;300            ; reference T for
> coupling. When you alter the T, don't forget to change the gen_temp for
> velocity generation
>
> ;               Pressure coupling
> Pcoupl              =  berendsen        ; Pressure coupling is not on
> Pcoupltype                =  isotropic  ; means the box expands and
> contracts in all directions (x,y,z) in order to maintain the proper pressure
> tau_p               =  0.5              ; time constant for coupling in ps
> compressibility     =  4.5e-5           ; compressibility of solvent used in
> simulation in 1/bar
> ref_p               =  1.0              ; reference P for coupling in bar
>
> ;               Velocity generation       Generate velocites is on at 300 K.
> Manual p155
> gen_vel             =  yes              ; generate velocites according to
> Maxwell distribution at T: gen_temp with random gen seed gen_seed
> gen_temp            =  300.0            ; T for Maxwell distribution
> gen_seed            =  173529           ; used to initialize random
> generator for random velocities
>
> ;               Bonds
> constraints         =  all-bonds        ; sets the LINCS constraint for all
> bonds
> constraint-algorithm = lincs
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