[gmx-users] difference between Pulling and Acceleration?

Justin Lemkul jalemkul at vt.edu
Tue Oct 21 14:24:30 CEST 2014



On 10/20/14 7:47 PM, Tom wrote:
> Dear Gromacs Developer,
>
> In the version of 5.0 or later, Gromacs has the functionalities
> of Non-equilibrium MD by assigning the group of acceleration.
>
> I am confused what is the difference between this acceleration
> and the previous functionality of Non-equilibrium Pulling.
>
> Pulling is to pull the group center of mass.
> Does NEMD/acceleration assign acceleration of each atoms (not
> center of mass) inside the group, like some external field of gravity ?
>

Yes.

-Justin

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