Didn't see any problem in the .mdp. -4500 kJ/mol in 10ns over (guessing) 30K atoms is 0.015 kJ/mol/ns/atom. k_B T is at least 100 times larger than that. I bet the rest of the lysozyme model physics is not accurate to less than 1% ;-) There are some comparative numbers at http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cpc.2013.06.003 - the two systems are rather different but they share the use of SETTLE.
Note that using md-vv guarantees the 2007 paper is inapplicable, because GROMACS did not have a velocity Verlet integrator back then. Sharing the .log files might be informative. Mark On Fri, Oct 11, 2013 at 11:38 PM, Guillaume Chevrot < guillaume.chev...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi, > > sorry for my last post! I re-write my e-mail (with some additional > information) and I provide the links to my files ;-) > > I compared the total energy of 2 simulations: > lysozyme in water / NVE ensemble / single precision / Gromacs 4.6.3 > lysozyme in water / NVE ensemble / double precision / Gromacs 4.6.3 > > ... and what I found was quite ... disturbing (see the plots of the total > energy: http://dx.doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.820153). I observe a > constant > drift in energy in the case of the single precision simulation. > > Did I do something wrong*? Any remarks are welcomed! Here is the link to > the ‘mdout.mdp’ file (http://dx.doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.820154) so you > can check what mdp options I used. > > My second question is: if I did not do something wrong, what are the > consequences on the simulation? Can I trust the results of single precision > simulations? > > Regards, > > Guillaume > > *PS: I am not the only one encountering this behavior. In the literature, > this problem has already been mentioned: > http://jcp.aip.org/resource/1/jcpsa6/v126/i4/p046101_s1 > > > > > 2013/10/11 Mark Abraham <mark.j.abra...@gmail.com> > > > On Oct 11, 2013 7:59 PM, "Guillaume Chevrot" < > guillaume.chev...@gmail.com> > > wrote: > > > > > > Hi all, > > > > > > I recently compared the total energy of 2 simulations: > > > lysozyme in water / NVE ensemble / single precision > > > lysozyme in water / NVE ensemble / double precision > > > > > > ... and what I found was quite ... disturbing (see the attached figure > - > > > plots of the total energy). I observe a constant drift in energy in the > > > case of the single precision simulation. > > > > > > Did I do something wrong*? Any remarks are welcomed! I join the > > ‘mdout.mdp’ > > > file so you can check what mdp options I used. > > > > Maybe. Unfortunately we cannot configure the mailing list to allow people > > to send attachments to thousands of people, so you will need to do > > something like provide links to files on a sharing service. > > > > > > > > My second question is: if I did not do something wrong, what are the > > > consequences on the simulation? Can I trust the results of single > > precision > > > simulations? > > > > Yes, as you have no doubt read in the papers published by the GROMACS > team. > > > > > Regards, > > > > > > Guillaume > > > > > > *PS: I am not the only one encountering this behavior. In the > literature, > > > this problem has already been mentioned: > > > http://jcp.aip.org/resource/1/jcpsa6/v126/i4/p046101_s1 > > > > ... which is six years old, examining the properties of code seven years > > old. Life has moved on! :-) Even if you have found a problem, it is a big > > assumption that this is (still) the cause. > > > > Mark > > > > > -- > > > gmx-users mailing list gmx-users@gromacs.org > > > http://lists.gromacs.org/mailman/listinfo/gmx-users > > > * Please search the archive at > > http://www.gromacs.org/Support/Mailing_Lists/Search before posting! > > > * Please don't post (un)subscribe requests to the list. Use the > > > www interface or send it to gmx-users-requ...@gromacs.org. > > > * Can't post? Read http://www.gromacs.org/Support/Mailing_Lists > > -- > > gmx-users mailing list gmx-users@gromacs.org > > http://lists.gromacs.org/mailman/listinfo/gmx-users > > * Please search the archive at > > http://www.gromacs.org/Support/Mailing_Lists/Search before posting! > > * Please don't post (un)subscribe requests to the list. Use the > > www interface or send it to gmx-users-requ...@gromacs.org. > > * Can't post? Read http://www.gromacs.org/Support/Mailing_Lists > > > -- > gmx-users mailing list gmx-users@gromacs.org > http://lists.gromacs.org/mailman/listinfo/gmx-users > * Please search the archive at > http://www.gromacs.org/Support/Mailing_Lists/Search before posting! > * Please don't post (un)subscribe requests to the list. Use the > www interface or send it to gmx-users-requ...@gromacs.org. > * Can't post? Read http://www.gromacs.org/Support/Mailing_Lists > -- gmx-users mailing list gmx-users@gromacs.org http://lists.gromacs.org/mailman/listinfo/gmx-users * Please search the archive at http://www.gromacs.org/Support/Mailing_Lists/Search before posting! * Please don't post (un)subscribe requests to the list. Use the www interface or send it to gmx-users-requ...@gromacs.org. * Can't post? Read http://www.gromacs.org/Support/Mailing_Lists