[gmx-users] how to simulate a line charge

Amit Choubey kgp.amit at gmail.com
Sun Aug 14 22:51:49 CEST 2011


Following is the mdp file

cpp                 =  /usr/bin/cpp
;define              =  -DFLEX_SPC
constraints         =  none
integrator          =  steep
nsteps              =  10000
;
;       Energy minimizing stuff
;
emtol               =  200
emstep              =  0.01
pbc = no
nstcomm             =  0
ns_type             =  grid
coulombtype     = Cut-off
rlist               =  60
rcoulomb            =  60
rvdw                =  60
Tcoupl              =  no
Pcoupl              =  no
gen_vel             =  no

E_x = 1 0 0
E_y = 1 0 0
E_z = 1 0 0


Following is the energy term

           Step           Time         Lambda
              0        0.00000        0.00000

   Energies (kJ/mol)
           Bond          Angle        LJ (SR)   Coulomb (SR)      Potential
    1.11496e-07    0.00000e+00    0.00000e+00    9.90561e+05    9.90561e+05
 Pressure (bar)
    0.00000e+00

           Step           Time         Lambda
              1        1.00000        0.00000

   Energies (kJ/mol)
           Bond          Angle        LJ (SR)   Coulomb (SR)      Potential
    7.55922e-02    0.00000e+00    0.00000e+00    9.90324e+05    9.90324e+05
 Pressure (bar)
    0.00000e+00


Amit

On Sun, Aug 14, 2011 at 1:23 PM, Justin A. Lemkul <jalemkul at vt.edu> wrote:

>
>
> Amit Choubey wrote:
>
>> Justin, when i define the whole line charge as a charge group i do get a
>> coulomb energy contribution. I thought there would be no non-bonded
>> contribution. I use a very high cut-off (longer than chain length) and no
>> pbc. Am i missing something ?
>>
>>
> Without seeing your .mdp file and the actual energy terms you're observing,
> I can only guess.  One would think that if it is the only molecule in the
> system, there should be no intermolecular Coulombic terms (unless maybe some
> arise due to periodicity, but in that case you do not have an infinite
> system and then they are artifacts).  There may be intramolecular terms
> (like 1-4) or PME-related terms.
>
> -Justin
>
>  On Sat, Aug 13, 2011 at 3:21 PM, Amit Choubey <kgp.amit at gmail.com<mailto:
>> kgp.amit at gmail.com>> wrote:
>>
>>    I was not sure if changing the size of maxcg would not negatively
>>    influence anything else. I will give it a try. Thanks Justin
>>
>>
>>    On Sat, Aug 13, 2011 at 4:04 AM, Justin A. Lemkul <jalemkul at vt.edu
>>    <mailto:jalemkul at vt.edu>> wrote:
>>
>>
>>
>>        Amit Choubey wrote:
>>
>>            I change the maximum charge group size defined in the
>>            include/types/nblist.h header from 32 to 267. Then grompp
>>            worked fine but the mdrun did not start. The following error
>>            came out
>>
>>            Program mdrun_jptlc, VERSION 4.5.3
>>            Source code file: ns.c, line: 2417
>>
>>            Fatal error:
>>            Max #atoms in a charge group: 267 > 64
>>
>>
>>                /* Verify whether largest charge group is <= max cg.*
>>                 * This is determined by the type of the local exclusion
>>            type *
>>                 * Exclusions are stored in bits. (If the type is not
>> large*
>>                 * enough, enlarge it, unsigned char -> unsigned short
>>            -> unsigned long)*
>>                 */
>>
>>
>>        The solution is described in the comment above.
>>
>>
>>                maxcg = sizeof(t_excl)*8;
>>
>>
>>        Increase the size here.
>>
>>        -Justin
>>
>>
>>                if (nr_in_cg > maxcg)
>>                {
>>                    gmx_fatal(FARGS,"Max #atoms in a charge group: %d >
>>            %d\n",
>>                              nr_in_cg,maxcg);
>>                }
>>
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