[gmx-users] umbrella sampling

Justin Lemkul jalemkul at vt.edu
Fri Feb 2 16:31:14 CET 2018



On 2/2/18 8:43 AM, rose rahmani wrote:
>   Hi, i'm doing umbrella sampling.(pulling AA toward nanosheet).and 4nS
> simulation for each window.
>
>>> g_energy -f umbrella0.edr -o out.xvg
>   1  Bond             2  Angle            3  Proper-Dih.      4
> Improper-Dih.
>    5  LJ-14            6  Coulomb-14       7  LJ-(SR)          8
> Coulomb-(SR)
>    9  Coul.-recip.    10  COM-Pull-En.    11  Potential       12
> Kinetic-En.
>   13  Total-Energy    14  Conserved-En.   15  Temperature     16  Pressure
>
>   17  Constr.-rmsd    18  Vir-XX          19  Vir-XY          20  Vir-XZ
>
>   21  Vir-YX          22  Vir-YY          23  Vir-YZ          24  Vir-ZX
>
>   25  Vir-ZY          26  Vir-ZZ          27  Pres-XX         28  Pres-XY
>
>   29  Pres-XZ         30  Pres-YX         31  Pres-YY         32  Pres-YZ
>
>   33  Pres-ZX         34  Pres-ZY         35  Pres-ZZ         36
> #Surf*SurfTen
>   37  Mu-X                                38  Mu-Y
>
>   39  Mu-Z                                40  Coul-SR:SOL-SOL
>
>   41  LJ-SR:SOL-SOL                       42  Coul-14:SOL-SOL
>
>   43  LJ-14:SOL-SOL                       44  Coul-SR:SOL-WAL
>
>   45  LJ-SR:SOL-WAL                       46  Coul-14:SOL-WAL
>
>   47  LJ-14:SOL-WAL                       48  Coul-SR:SOL-ZnS
>
>   49  LJ-SR:SOL-ZnS                       50  Coul-14:SOL-ZnS
>
>   51  LJ-14:SOL-ZnS                       52  Coul-SR:SOL-Protein
>
>   53  LJ-SR:SOL-Protein                   54  Coul-14:SOL-Protein
>
>   55  LJ-14:SOL-Protein                   56  Coul-SR:SOL-NA
>
>   57  LJ-SR:SOL-NA    58  Coul-14:SOL-NA  59  LJ-14:SOL-NA    60
> Coul-SR:SOL-CL
>   61  LJ-SR:SOL-CL                        62  Coul-14:SOL-CL
>
>   63  LJ-14:SOL-CL                        64  Coul-SR:SOL-wall0
>
>   65  LJ-SR:SOL-wall0                     66  Coul-14:SOL-wall0
>
>   67  LJ-14:SOL-wall0                     68  Coul-SR:SOL-wall1
>
>   69  LJ-SR:SOL-wall1                     70  Coul-14:SOL-wall1
>
>   71  LJ-14:SOL-wall1                     72  Coul-SR:WAL-WAL
>
>   73  LJ-SR:WAL-WAL                       74  Coul-14:WAL-WAL
>
>   75  LJ-14:WAL-WAL                       76  Coul-SR:WAL-ZnS
>
>   77  LJ-SR:WAL-ZnS                       78  Coul-14:WAL-ZnS
>
>   79  LJ-14:WAL-ZnS                       80  Coul-SR:WAL-Protein
>
>   81  LJ-SR:WAL-Protein                   82  Coul-14:WAL-Protein
>
>   83  LJ-14:WAL-Protein                   84  Coul-SR:WAL-NA
>
>   85  LJ-SR:WAL-NA    86  Coul-14:WAL-NA  87  LJ-14:WAL-NA    88
> Coul-SR:WAL-CL
>   89  LJ-SR:WAL-CL                        90  Coul-14:WAL-CL
>
>   91  LJ-14:WAL-CL                        92  Coul-SR:WAL-wall0
>
>   93  LJ-SR:WAL-wall0                     94  Coul-14:WAL-wall0
>
>   95  LJ-14:WAL-wall0                     96  Coul-SR:WAL-wall1
>
>   97  LJ-SR:WAL-wall1                     98  Coul-14:WAL-wall1
>
>   99  LJ-14:WAL-wall1                    100  Coul-SR:ZnS-ZnS
>
> 101  LJ-SR:ZnS-ZnS                      102  Coul-14:ZnS-ZnS
>
> 103  LJ-14:ZnS-ZnS                      104  Coul-SR:ZnS-Protein
>
> 105  LJ-SR:ZnS-Protein                  106  Coul-14:ZnS-Protein
>
> 107  LJ-14:ZnS-Protein                  108  Coul-SR:ZnS-NA
>
> 109  LJ-SR:ZnS-NA   110  Coul-14:ZnS-NA 111  LJ-14:ZnS-NA   112
> Coul-SR:ZnS-CL
> 113  LJ-SR:ZnS-CL                       114  Coul-14:ZnS-CL
>
> 115  LJ-14:ZnS-CL                       116  Coul-SR:ZnS-wall0
>
> 117  LJ-SR:ZnS-wall0                    118  Coul-14:ZnS-wall0
>
> 119  LJ-14:ZnS-wall0                    120  Coul-SR:ZnS-wall1
>
> 121  LJ-SR:ZnS-wall1                    122  Coul-14:ZnS-wall1
>
> 123  LJ-14:ZnS-wall1                    124  Coul-SR:Protein-Protein
>
> 125  LJ-SR:Protein-Protein              126  Coul-14:Protein-Protein
>
> 127  LJ-14:Protein-Protein              128  Coul-SR:Protein-NA
>
> 129  LJ-SR:Protein-NA                   130  Coul-14:Protein-NA
>
> 131  LJ-14:Protein-NA                   132  Coul-SR:Protein-CL
>
> 133  LJ-SR:Protein-CL                   134  Coul-14:Protein-CL
>
> 135  LJ-14:Protein-CL                   136  Coul-SR:Protein-wall0
>
> 137  LJ-SR:Protein-wall0                138  Coul-14:Protein-wall0
>
> 139  LJ-14:Protein-wall0                140  Coul-SR:Protein-wall1
>
> 141  LJ-SR:Protein-wall1                142  Coul-14:Protein-wall1
>
> 143  LJ-14:Protein-wall1                144  Coul-SR:NA-NA
>
> 145  LJ-SR:NA-NA    146  Coul-14:NA-NA  147  LJ-14:NA-NA    148
> Coul-SR:NA-CL
> 149  LJ-SR:NA-CL                        150  Coul-14:NA-CL
>
> 151  LJ-14:NA-CL                        152  Coul-SR:NA-wall0
>
> 153  LJ-SR:NA-wall0                     154  Coul-14:NA-wall0
>
> 155  LJ-14:NA-wall0                     156  Coul-SR:NA-wall1
>
> 157  LJ-SR:NA-wall1                     158  Coul-14:NA-wall1
>
> 159  LJ-14:NA-wall1 160  Coul-SR:CL-CL  161  LJ-SR:CL-CL    162
> Coul-14:CL-CL
> 163  LJ-14:CL-CL                        164  Coul-SR:CL-wall0
>
> 165  LJ-SR:CL-wall0                     166  Coul-14:CL-wall0
>
> 167  LJ-14:CL-wall0                     168  Coul-SR:CL-wall1
>
> 169  LJ-SR:CL-wall1                     170  Coul-14:CL-wall1
>
> 171  LJ-14:CL-wall1                     172  Coul-SR:wall0-wall0
>
> 173  LJ-SR:wall0-wall0                  174  Coul-14:wall0-wall0
>
> 175  LJ-14:wall0-wall0                  176  Coul-SR:wall0-wall1
>
> 177  LJ-SR:wall0-wall1                  178  Coul-14:wall0-wall1
>
> 179  LJ-14:wall0-wall1                  180  Coul-SR:wall1-wall1
>
> 181  LJ-SR:wall1-wall1                  182  Coul-14:wall1-wall1
>
> 183  LJ-14:wall1-wall1                  184  T-System
>
> 185  Lamb-System
>
> how can i understand that this 4nS simulation is enough for all 30 windows
> which i selected after pulling? as you see i'm doing NVT.i tried to
> calculate temperature(15) and total energy(13) and potential(11) for
> example for first window;
> Energy                      Average   Err.Est.       RMSD  Tot-Drift
> ------------------------------------------------------------
> -------------------
> Potential                    -72708        9.2    227.038   -38.8081
> (kJ/mol)
> Total Energy               -63763.9        8.7    273.747   -34.9771
> (kJ/mol)
> Temperature                 299.977      0.022    5.04346   0.128492  (K)
> plots show that temperature is ok and total energy doesn't have
> considerable fluctuation (except after first moment). but potential

None of those values tell you anything about the convergence of your 
simulations.

> fluctuates. since i don't see sharp peaks in PMF (but good trends), is it
> rational to do long time simulation? what is the main clue for knowing
> that? is it potential?

If you want to know if the PMF has converged, calculate it for 
consecutive, non-overlapping time periods. If they are statistically 
indistinguishable, you are done. If they are still changing over time, 
you need longer runs.

> and what exactly total energy(13)  refers to in my system?

Total energy = kinetic energy + potential energy. This is a basic 
thermodynamic definition.

-Justin

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