[gmx-users] Semiisotropic Pressure coupling with PR

[Justin A. Lemkul]

Sai Pooja wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I have a system of 3600 LJ particles in a plane (using freeze-dimension 
> option in z). I am running npt runs using Semi-isotropic pressure 
> coupling with Parrinello-Rahman barostat. I have a few concerns:
> 
> 1) On the gromacs website, a webpage mentions that this type of pressure 
> coupling may not be accurate
> 

Please provide a link when making this kind of statement.

> 2) It takes a really long time for the system to reach the reference 
> pressure  > 500ns. Particularly the Pxx, Pyy terms are very different 
> and take an extremely long time to converge to a common value.
> 

What was your equilibration protocol?  What are your .mdp settings?

-Justin

> Pooja
> 
> -- 
> Quaerendo Invenietis-Seek and you shall discover.
> 

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Justin A. Lemkul
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MILES-IGERT Trainee
Department of Biochemistry
Virginia Tech
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