[Wien] min force

WANG YX wang.yuanxu at nims.go.jp
Fri Aug 20 03:22:46 CEST 2004


Dear L. D. Marks,

	Even if i recompile "mini", the force on atom still large.
    I should recompile all programm or only mini?


Best 
WANG YX
wang.yuanxu at nims.go.jp
2004-08-20


======= 2004-08-19 11:44:02 you wrote=======

>I recomment
>PORT XYZ (your choice)
>1 1 1 1
>
>On Thu, 19 Aug 2004, WANG YX wrote:
>
>> Dear L. D. Marks,
>>
>> 	After recompile SRC_mini,
>> the PORT option should be
>> PORT 0.1
>> 1 1 1 1
>>
>> or
>>
>> PORT 0.1
>> 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.6 ?
>>
>> Best
>> WANG YX
>> wang.yuanxu at nims.go.jp
>> 2004-08-19
>>
>>
>> ======= 2004-08-18 20:26:36 you wrote=======
>>
>> >Go to the file drmngwien.f in SRC_mini. About on line 55 (not sure of the
>> >exact number in the version you are using) you'll see:
>> >
>> >!       X convergence tolerance, needs to be > eps in position test
>> >        V(33)=2d-4
>> >
>> >Change this to read
>> >	V(33)=2d-6
>> >
>> >Then recompile.
>> >
>> >
>> >On Wed, 18 Aug 2004, Jack London wrote:
>> >
>> >> Dear Laurence
>> >>
>> >> I also meet a similar problem.
>> >>
>> >> (1).
>> >> When I use
>> >>
>> >> port 5
>> >> 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.5
>> >> to minimize the 9 layer Pd(117) slab structure.
>> >> It will generate following force:
>> >>
>> >> :FOR001: 1.ATOM  21.231  7.775  0.155  19.756
>> >> :FOR001: 1.ATOM  21.230  7.611  0.150  19.818
>> >> :FOR001: 1.ATOM  14.736  5.304  0.135  13.748
>> >> :FOR001: 1.ATOM   5.597  0.440  0.244   5.574
>> >> :FOR001: 1.ATOM   2.194 -2.164  0.301  -0.200
>> >> :FOR001: 1.ATOM   4.510 -3.423  0.266  -2.925
>> >> :FOR001: 1.ATOM   4.394 -2.303  0.267  -3.732
>> >> :FOR001: 1.ATOM  19.178 -18.835 -1.223 -3.398
>> >> :FOR001: 1.ATOM   3.361  -0.901  0.189 -3.232
>> >>
>> >> :FOR002: 2.ATOM   4.994  -3.314  0.159  3.732
>> >> :FOR002: 2.ATOM   3.863  -2.554  0.161  2.894
>> >> :FOR002: 2.ATOM   3.161  -2.371  0.093  2.089
>> >> :FOR002: 2.ATOM   8.019   3.403  0.135  7.260
>> >> :FOR002: 2.ATOM  10.365   5.999  0.182  8.451
>> >> :FOR002: 2.ATOM   9.685   6.127  0.150  7.499
>> >> :FOR002: 2.ATOM   7.703   4.984  0.139  5.872
>> >> :FOR002: 2.ATOM  19.677  -4.706 -0.780  -19.090
>> >> :FOR002: 2.ATOM   4.973   2.116  0.051   4.500
>> >>
>> >> >From the list, you will find there has a large
>> >> osillation in the last two steps. and I find the final
>> >> energy is not the smallest one.
>> >>
>> >> :ENE  : TOTAL ENERGY IN Ry =       -90846.456943
>> >> :ENE  : TOTAL ENERGY IN Ry =       -90846.458053
>> >> :ENE  : TOTAL ENERGY IN Ry =       -90846.462570
>> >> :ENE  : TOTAL ENERGY IN Ry =       -90846.464534
>> >> :ENE  : TOTAL ENERGY IN Ry =       -90846.465063
>> >> :ENE  : TOTAL ENERGY IN Ry =       -90846.465315
>> >> :ENE  : TOTAL ENERGY IN Ry =       -90846.465869
>> >> :ENE  : TOTAL ENERGY IN Ry =       -90846.467873
>> >> :ENE  : TOTAL ENERGY IN Ry =       -90846.466270
>> >>
>> >> so, I don't know which one is the best struct, the
>> >> last  struct(the 9th step) or the 8th step struct?
>> >>
>> >> (2)
>> >> Then I accepted you suggestion to use
>> >>
>> >> Port 5
>> >> 1 1 1 0.5 (I didn't change ETA, it is ignored)
>> >>
>> >> The minimization is finished very fast. but, when it
>> >> is finished, I found the force of some atoms didn't
>> >> converge to 5.
>> >>
>> >> :FOR001: 1.ATOM  21.231  7.775  0.155  19.756
>> >> :FOR001: 1.ATOM  17.812  6.300  0.170  16.660
>> >> :FOR001: 1.ATOM   2.041  -2.019 0.267   0.130
>> >> :FOR001: 1.ATOM   2.437  -1.672 0.267   -1.753
>> >>
>> >> :FOR002: 2.ATOM   4.994  -3.314  0.159   3.732
>> >> :FOR002: 2.ATOM   4.724  -1.686  0.140   4.411
>> >> :FOR002: 2.ATOM   7.990   5.264  0.134   6.009
>> >> :FOR002: 2.ATOM   7.181   4.666  0.132   5.457
>> >>
>> >> :FOR003: 3.ATOM   13.149 -5.650  0.462  11.864
>> >> :FOR003: 3.ATOM   10.121 -6.002  0.346   8.142
>> >> :FOR003: 3.ATOM    7.462 -4.841 -0.377  -5.666
>> >> :FOR003: 3.ATOM    4.980 -3.405 -0.366  -3.616
>> >>
>> >> :FOR004: 4.ATOM   13.336 -10.788  0.424 -7.828
>> >> :FOR004: 4.ATOM   11.360  -8.509  0.384 -7.517
>> >> :FOR004: 4.ATOM    5.720  1.453  -0.005 -5.532
>> >> :FOR004: 4.ATOM    5.005  0.253  -0.005 -4.999
>> >>
>> >> and the energy is covergence very well:
>> >> :ENE  : TOTAL ENERGY IN Ry =       -90846.456943
>> >> :ENE  : TOTAL ENERGY IN Ry =       -90846.459866
>> >> :ENE  : TOTAL ENERGY IN Ry =       -90846.465326
>> >> :ENE  : TOTAL ENERGY IN Ry =       -90846.465850
>> >>
>> >> I checked the case.dayfile, it showed " stop forces
>> >> small, minimization stopped". but in the case.outputM,
>> >>
>> >> someone is still active.
>> >>
>> >> force converg.:natom,i   2   3  0.5457D+01   5.0000
>> >> Active
>> >>
>> >> I don't know if the minimization is really finished.
>> >>
>> >> I also attach case.outputM with this mail.
>> >>
>> >> Many Thanks
>> >>
>> >> Zhang
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
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