Yanmei Song wrote:
Dear Justin:

Thanks for your response. Here is the complete my .mdp file:

title               =  pdm
cpp                 =  /lib/cpp
constraints         =  all_bonds
integrator          =  md
dt                  =  0.004   ; ps !
nsteps              =  2500000   ; total 10ns.
nstcomm             =  1
nstxout             =  50000
nstvout             =  50000
nstfout             =  0
nstlog              =  5000
nstenergy           =  5000
nstxtcout           =  25000
nstlist             =  10
ns_type             =  grid
pbc                 =  xyz
coulombtype         =  PME
rlist               =  1.4
rcoulomb            =  1.4
rvdw                =  1.4
fourierspacing      =  0.20
pme_order           =  4
ewald_rtol          =  1e-5
; Berendsen temperature coupling is on in one groups
Tcoupl              =  berendsen
tc_grps             =  PDM
tau_t               =  0.1
ref_t               =  300
; Energy monitoring
energygrps          =  PDM
; Isotropic pressure coupling is now on
Pcoupl              =  berendsen
pcoupltype          =  isotropic
;pc-grps            =  PDM
tau_p               =  1.0
ref_p               =  1.0
compressibility     =  4.5e-5

; Generate velocites is off at 300 K.
gen_vel             =  yes
gen_temp            =  300.0
gen_seed            =  100000



The problem you're seeing could be an artifact of the shorter cutoff. Have you tried using DispCorr = EnerPres? Or what about using a Shift function for vdwtype? You might see better energy conservation in that case compared to a plain cutoff.

-Justin


On Thu, May 14, 2009 at 4:06 PM, Justin A. Lemkul <jalem...@vt.edu <mailto:jalem...@vt.edu>> wrote:



    Yanmei Song wrote:

        Dear All:

        I have question about the pressure coupling. I have done a 10ns
        simulation with 19800 atoms for 120 large molecules using the
        following pressure coupling.

        Tcoupl              =  berendsen
        tc_grps             =  PDM
        tau_t               =  0.1
        ref_t               =  300

        Pcoupl              =  berendsen
        pcoupltype          =  isotropic
        ;pc-grps            =  PDM
        tau_p               =  1.0
        ref_p               =  1.0
        compressibility     =  4.5e-5

        Then I did g_energy for the last 3ns and got the results:

Energy Average RMSD Fluct. Drift Tot-Drift
        
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Potential -98061 0 0 0.61668 1850.04
        Temperature                 303.561    109.602    109.602
        0.000181791   0.545372
        Pressure (bar)               4.4884    11110.8    11109.8
         -0.169835   -509.506

        For such a long run the pressure drift is still too much and
        seem hasn't approached 1bar. Does it mean the system hasn't
        reach equilibrium yet. I did a similar system by using the same
        method. it just take 2 or 3ns to reach the equilibrium. and the
        pressure is around 1.01after the run. The only difference is the
        cutoff changing from 1.2 to 1.4.  Does the cufoff of 1.4 is too
        large to make the system running slower. Or the pressure
        coupling method is not working well.  Anyone can give me any
        suggestions?



    I think it will depend on the interplay of other parameters as well.
     Posting a complete .mdp file may be more helpful.

    -Justin

-- Yanmei Song
        Ph.D. Candidate
        Department of Chemical Engineering
        Arizona State University


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