[gmx-users] how to adjust the box size to correct density?

Chang Woon Jang changwoonjang at gmail.com
Tue Jan 5 21:39:17 CET 2016


Dear Mark,

I obtained the tpr file with gro and topology file using grompp -v.

The following is from md.log file.

Best regards,
Changwoon Jang


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-wd444 -wd522 -wd593 -wd869 -wd981 -wd1418 -wd1419 -wd1572 -wd1599 -wd2259
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Number of hardware threads detected (16) does not match the number reported
by OpenMP (1).
Consider setting the launch configuration manually!
Changing nstlist from 5 to 40, rlist from 1.22 to 1.22

Input Parameters:
   integrator                     = md
   tinit                          = 0
   dt                             = 0.001
   nsteps                         = 10000000
   init-step                      = 0
   simulation-part                = 1
   comm-mode                      = Linear
   nstcomm                        = 50
   bd-fric                        = 0
   ld-seed                        = 1993
   emtol                          = 100
   emstep                         = 0.01
   niter                          = 20
   fcstep                         = 0
   nstcgsteep                     = 1000
   nbfgscorr                      = 10
   rtpi                           = 0.05
   nstxout                        = 1000
   nstvout                        = 0
   nstfout                        = 1000
   nstlog                         = 50
   nstcalcenergy                  = 50
   nstenergy                      = 50
   nstxout-compressed             = 0
   compressed-x-precision         = 1000
   cutoff-scheme                  = Verlet
   nstlist                        = 40
   ns-type                        = Grid
   pbc                            = xyz
   periodic-molecules             = FALSE
   verlet-buffer-tolerance        = 0.005
   rlist                          = 1.22
   rlistlong                      = 1.22
   nstcalclr                      = 5
   coulombtype                    = PME
   coulomb-modifier               = Potential-shift
   rcoulomb-switch                = 0
   rcoulomb                       = 1.22
   epsilon-r                      = 1
   epsilon-rf                     = inf
   vdw-type                       = Cut-off
   vdw-modifier                   = Potential-shift
   rvdw-switch                    = 0
   rvdw                           = 1.22
   DispCorr                       = EnerPres
   table-extension                = 1
   fourierspacing                 = 0.12
   fourier-nx                     = 84
   fourier-ny                     = 84
   fourier-nz                     = 84
   pme-order                      = 4
   ewald-rtol                     = 1e-05
   ewald-rtol-lj                  = 0.001
   lj-pme-comb-rule               = Geometric
   ewald-geometry                 = 0
   epsilon-surface                = 0
   implicit-solvent               = No
   gb-algorithm                   = Still
   nstgbradii                     = 1
   rgbradii                       = 2
   gb-epsilon-solvent             = 80
   gb-saltconc                    = 0
   gb-obc-alpha                   = 1
   gb-obc-beta                    = 0.8
   gb-obc-gamma                   = 4.85
   gb-dielectric-offset           = 0.009
   sa-algorithm                   = Ace-approximation
   sa-surface-tension             = 2.05016
   tcoupl                         = Nose-Hoover
   nsttcouple                     = 5
   nh-chain-length                = 1
   print-nose-hoover-chain-variables = FALSE
   pcoupl                         = No
   pcoupltype                     = Isotropic
   nstpcouple                     = -1
   tau-p                          = 0.5
   compressibility (3x3):
      compressibility[    0]={ 0.00000e+00,  0.00000e+00,  0.00000e+00}
      compressibility[    1]={ 0.00000e+00,  0.00000e+00,  0.00000e+00}
      compressibility[    2]={ 0.00000e+00,  0.00000e+00,  0.00000e+00}
   ref-p (3x3):
      ref-p[    0]={ 0.00000e+00,  0.00000e+00,  0.00000e+00}
      ref-p[    1]={ 0.00000e+00,  0.00000e+00,  0.00000e+00}
      ref-p[    2]={ 0.00000e+00,  0.00000e+00,  0.00000e+00}
   refcoord-scaling               = No
   posres-com (3):
      posres-com[0]= 0.00000e+00
      posres-com[1]= 0.00000e+00
      posres-com[2]= 0.00000e+00
   posres-comB (3):
      posres-comB[0]= 0.00000e+00
      posres-comB[1]= 0.00000e+00
      posres-comB[2]= 0.00000e+00

....

On Tue, Jan 5, 2016 at 3:07 PM, Mark Abraham <mark.j.abraham at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Hi,
>
> On Tue, Jan 5, 2016 at 7:15 PM Chang Woon Jang <changwoonjang at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> > Dear Gromacs Users,
> >
> >
> > I have a low density polymer system initially. I would like to fit the
> > correct liquid density using NPT simulation.
> >
> > I used Pcoupl=berendsen for 22 ns but the box size in confout.gro is
> still
> > the same as the input size of conf.gro.
> >
> > Initial in conf.gro (10.0 10.0 9.8)
> > output in confout.gro (10.0 10.0 9.8)
> >
>
> That's wildly unlikely if you've used the .tpr with the contents that you
> think you have. Inspect the top of your .log file to see.
>
> Mark
>
>
> > My initial conditions are
> >
> > tau_p=5.0
> > compressibility=4.5e-5
> > ref_p=1.0
> >
> > Do I need to increase compressibility?
> >
> > Thank you.
> >
> > Best regards,
> > Changwoon Jang,
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Best regards,
Changwoon Jang,

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