[gmx-users] how to simulate a line charge

Justin A. Lemkul jalemkul at vt.edu
Sun Aug 14 22:57:37 CEST 2011



Amit Choubey wrote:
> 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
> 
> 

I suspect that energy terms comes from the use of an electric field, which you 
had not mentioned before.

-Justin

> Amit
> 
> On Sun, Aug 14, 2011 at 1:23 PM, Justin A. Lemkul <jalemkul at vt.edu 
> <mailto: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>
>         <mailto: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>
>            <mailto: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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Justin A. Lemkul
Ph.D. Candidate
ICTAS Doctoral Scholar
MILES-IGERT Trainee
Department of Biochemistry
Virginia Tech
Blacksburg, VA
jalemkul[at]vt.edu | (540) 231-9080
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