Re: [Pw_forum] vc-relax total energy increases at the last step

2016-08-16 Thread Anand Chandra
Dear Amir, This question has been asked a couple of times I think. Kindly search the forum first. For example see link below. http://qe-forge.org/pipermail/pw_forum/2011-April/094661.html For such a large change in energy in the last step I am guessing first of all that your ecutwfc/ecutrho are

Re: [Pw_forum] vc-relax total energy increases at the last step

2016-08-16 Thread Robert Wexler
Dear Amir, Please read about Pulay stress. Google should provide ample reading on this topic. Best, Rob - Robert B. Wexler PhD Candidate in Chemistry University of Pennsylvania, 2018 rwex...@sas.upenn.edu (215) 801-8741

[Pw_forum] vc-relax total energy increases at the last step

2016-08-16 Thread Mofrad, Amir Mehdi (MU-Student)
Dear all, After doing vc-relax calculations I can see that the total energy decreases until the last step and it suddenly increases by an order of 5. For example the total energy at one step before last one is -945.15760751 and at the last step is -940.59081276. Does anyone know what the reaso