[gmx-users] Changing constraints algorithm.

Tue Nov 18 18:02:06 CET 2014

Hi,

Thank you for your answer Mark.
I have read the papers cited in the Gromacs manual. However my question was
more about theoretical results/derivations as the ones explained in the
following reference for SHAKE/RATTLE:

https://stat.duke.edu/~scs/Courses/Stat376/Papers/Constraints/LeimkuhlerSymplecticConstraints94.pdf

I would like to know if similar results have been obtained for LINCS.

Thank you very much.

Best regards,
Mario

2014-11-18 17:53 GMT+01:00 Mark Abraham <mark.j.abraham at gmail.com>:

> Hi,
>
> Both of LINCS and SHAKE integrate the equations of motion subject to
> holonomic constraints (see their papers, or the Gromacs manual). Both
> satisfy the constraints only approximately (in the general case), so
> otherwise-symplectic integrators using them have qualitatively the same
> property of "symplectic, modulo constraint approximation and any deviations
> resulting from using floating-point numbers." Whether any particular
> constraint settings on a particular system make an observable deviation
> from symplectic integration is probably an open question, but the tools to
> tune the approximation exist.
>
> Mark
>
>
> On Tue, Nov 18, 2014 at 4:50 PM, Mario Fernández Pendás <
> mariofp77 at gmail.com
> > wrote:
>
> > Dear all,
> >
> > A question arises to me when thinking about the more robustness of LINCS
> > with respect to SHAKE: is it well known that LINCS preserves the
> > symplecticness of the Verlet integrators?
> >
> > Thank you very much.
> >
> > Best regards,
> > Mario
> >
> > 2014-10-08 22:31 GMT+02:00 Mark Abraham <mark.j.abraham at gmail.com>:
> >
> > > You should start by following all the advice here
> > > http://www.gromacs.org/Documentation/Terminology/Blowing_Up
> > >
> > > Mark
> > >
> > > On Wed, Oct 8, 2014 at 9:50 PM, Dawid das <addiw7 at googlemail.com>
> wrote:
> > >
> > > > Well, what happens in my system is that water molecule which is
> > actually
> > > > near the edge of
> > > > solvation box cannot bo settled after ca. 50 ns of simulation.
> > Obviously
> > > I
> > > > use periodic
> > > > boundary conditions. Could you give me any tip about what is wrong
> if I
> > > > provide you
> > > > with files you need? If so, what files would you need?
> > > >
> > > > Best wishes,
> > > > Dawid Grabarek
> > > >
> > > > PS I read samowhere, that it may be due to fact that this water
> > molecule
> > > is
> > > > hit
> > > > by something and this water did not expect it. But I tried to use
> > brutal
> > > > force approach
> > > > and to restart the calculations couple of times but each time I run
> > into
> > > > the same error,
> > > > although for different molecule.
> > > >
> > > > 2014-10-08 13:33 GMT+02:00 Justin Lemkul <jalemkul at vt.edu>:
> > > >
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > On 10/8/14 7:24 AM, Dawid das wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > >> Dear gromacs experts,
> > > > >>
> > > > >> Is it allowed to change constraints algorithm (e.g. from LINCS to
> > > SHAKE)
> > > > >> during
> > > > >> MD simulation? Let's say that simulation crashes because LINCS
> > > > constraints
> > > > >> are
> > > > >> not satisfied. Can I go from LINCS to shake in the middle of
> > > simulation
> > > > >> and
> > > > >> restart calculations from the previous point?
> > > > >>
> > > > >>
> > > > > If LINCS is failing, it's not because you need a different
> constraint
> > > > > algorithm; it's because something physically unrealistic is
> > happening,
> > > > and
> > > > > the constraints are the first thing to fail.  LINCS is more robust
> > than
> > > > > SHAKE, so if you're trying to circumvent this problem by moving to
> > > SHAKE,
> > > > > I'd say it's likely futile.
> > > > >
> > > > > -Justin
> > > > >
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