Hello everyone, I’m new to LAMMPS and feel difficulty in input files. I have research article and i need to follow that, but i dont know from where i need to start. Like i need to start the input files from 0 or i need to make changes in other input script of Lammps?
It is a very bad idea to start with research simulations, when you have so very little experience. You are doomed to make many mistakes, since there is a lot of “practical knowledge” that exists in this field that is assumed that people have and thus information in research articles will not be sufficient for an inexperienced person to reproduce them. Performing MD simulations is part science, part craft, and the latter part can only be learned through practice under the supervision of an experienced person.
Thus I have two suggestions for you.
- start with learning practical knowledge about setting up LAMMPS simulations by working through some of the existing tutorials for LAMMPS. A list is available here: https://www.lammps.org/tutorials.htmlhttps://www.lammps.org/tutorials.html
- Find yourself a sufficiently experienced local(!) tutor. You cannot get the necessary tutoring advice from an online forum.
Thank you so much, @akohlmey, for your valuable advice. Without a tutor, it will be difficult for me to learn if I take the courses online, such as on Youtube, etc.