[gmx-users] high temperature

Justin Lemkul jalemkul at vt.edu
Tue Mar 3 11:50:13 CET 2015



On 3/3/15 2:11 AM, mah maz wrote:
> Hi Justin,
> I performed the run with the reaction-field-zero as I said, but when I try
> to simulate it with exactly the same conditions on another computer it
> again gives me high temperatures! I again changed the conditions but it
> didn't work. Have you got any suggestions?

The phrase "changed the conditions" means nothing to anyone who isn't seeing 
what you're doing.  Post a full .mdp file.

-Justin

> Thank you!
>
> On Mon, Mar 2, 2015 at 10:08 PM, mah maz <mahmaz71 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Hi Justin,
>> So many thanks for your help. The problem was solved by changing cutoff to
>> reaction-field-zero and epsilon_rf=0. It just may need some modifications
>> for assigning right rvdw, rcoulomb and rlist. Thanks again!
>> Cheers
>>
>>
>>
>> On Mon, Mar 2, 2015 at 7:03 PM, mah maz <mahmaz71 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Dear Justin,
>>> Thank you very much for your answer. Cutoffs are not set by exact studies
>>> and as you said they are arbitrary. Actually I don't know how to choose
>>> them for my system. I have CNT in water not vacuo. I tried
>>> rvdw=rcoulomb=rlist=0 but temperatures are still high. I studied the manual
>>> but don't know how to set them. Have you got any ideas to help?
>>> thanks!
>>> Cheers
>>>
>>> On Sun, Mar 1, 2015 at 8:55 PM, mah maz <mahmaz71 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Dear Chaban,
>>>>
>>>> Thank you very much. Could you please explain more about the problem and
>>>> how I may fix it?
>>>>
>>>> Cheers
>>>>
>>>> On Sun, Mar 1, 2015 at 11:16 AM, mah maz <mahmaz71 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Dear all,
>>>>>
>>>>> I have a CNT system. I have set the mdp file as follows, but the
>>>>> temperature output is logically more than what I expected even in the
>>>>> production step(around 500k). I have changed the mdp file several times but
>>>>> it doesn't work. What are the possible causes of problem?
>>>>> Thank you!
>>>>> dt                  =  0.0001
>>>>> tinit               =  0
>>>>> nsteps              =  2000000
>>>>> nstxout             =  1000
>>>>> nstvout             =  1000
>>>>> nstfout             =  0
>>>>> nstlog              =  1000
>>>>> nstenergy           =  1000
>>>>> nstlist             =  5
>>>>> ns_type             =  grid
>>>>> rlist               =  0.9
>>>>> coulombtype         =  cut-off
>>>>> rcoulomb            = 0.9
>>>>> rvdw                =  0.9
>>>>> rvdw_switch         =  0.5
>>>>> vdwtype             =  switch
>>>>> pbc                 = no
>>>>> integrator          = md-vv
>>>>> Tcoupl              =  nose-hoover
>>>>> tau_t               =  0.1
>>>>> ref_t               =  300
>>>>> tc_grps             = CNT
>>>>> gen_temp            = 300
>>>>> pcoupl               = no
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>

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