[gmx-users] Water model properties

[Justin Lemkul]

On 5/25/14, 11:00 PM, Harshkumar Singh wrote:
> I'm using version 4.5.4 and very new to this software.
> Trying to follow this paper-
>
> * A systematic study of water models for molecular simulation: Derivationof
> water models optimized for use with a reaction field David van der Spoel,a)
> Paul J. van Maaren, and Herman J. C. Berendsenb)*
>
> 1.It says to use the SETTLE algorithm for constraining bonds but I can only
> get the options of using Lincs or Shake otherwise it shows an error.
>

The SETTLE algorithm is always used for water, unless you define waters as 
flexible in the .mdp file (define = -DFLEXIBLE);  LINCS and SHAKE only apply to 
other molecules.

> 2.I went ahead using the Lincs algorithm but many of the properties do not
> give the same results.How do I resolve that?
>
> My steps were
> 1.converting the pdb file and then using editconf for making the box.
> 2.used grompp as the same it was in the tutotials with the changes made
> accordingly in the .mdp file according to the paper.
> 3.then the analysis with g_dipoles and g_energy.
> 4.only dipole moment was correct and rest other properties like
> epsilon,kirkwood factors,potential energy,density,temperature,pressure
> showed too much deviation.
>

Without seeing the actual contents of the .mdp files, knowing how long your 
simulations were, how converged they were, and what the exact numbers you got 
were, it's not really possible to comment.  Note that if properties like 
temperature and pressure are not converged, you're sampling a non-equilibrium 
state and your results likely reflect this.  The dipole moment works out because 
the waters are rigid, so the value of the dipole moment is a fixed, intrinsic 
quantity.

-Justin

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