Hello all,
I am using the 16Mar18 version.
I have been attempting to run an n-Dodecane simulation using the United Atom model along with the OPLS model to restrain the dihedrals in the molecules. Recently, I was testing each individual intra-molecular interaction (bond, angles, and dihedrals) to test if there was any problem with the parameters I was inputting into lammps since I kept getting discrepancies in the vapor density of my system compared to results found in literature. I ran a simulation containing a single dihedral, 2 bending angles, and 3 stretching bonds to compare the energy computed by lammps for each interaction to hand calculations. The details of each interaction are the following:
Stretching : Harmonic Style, (Energy = 95.88199 kcal/molA^2), (Ro = 1.54 Angsts.)
Bending : Harmonic Style, (Energy = 62.00997 kcal/molrad^2), (Theta_o = 114 degrees)
Dihedral: OPLS Style, (K1 = 1.411, K2 = -0.271, K3 = 3.145, K4 = 0.0, all in kcal/mol)
My method of comparing these calculations was to output the individual energies using thermo and the ebond, eangle, and edih keywords. Also, I have outputted the bond distances, bending angles, and dihedral angles using the local computes to use in my hand calculations.
The results obtained from lammps area the following:
E_Bond = 8.9944e-5 kcal/mol
E_Angle = 0.00079077 kcal/mol
E_Dih = 1.3299e-8 kcal/mol
My hand results are the following:
E_Bond = 8.09435e-5 kcal/mol
E_Angle = 0.00079005 kcal/mol
E_Dih = 8.721836e-9 kcal/mol
As seen by the results, the bond and angle energies are pretty close with a 1% and 0.09% errors respectively. The issue arises with the dihedral which deviated by a 30% from what my hand calculations suggest. These energies were obtained from the initial structure at timestep 0, in order to avoid any integration of the motion equations that could affect my calculations.
So my question is, is there something that I am missing in terms of how lammps calculates these values? I looked around the source code for the OPLS dihedral and did not find any mayor difference in the way I calculated it.
Any insight, critic, or suggestion in this manner is appreciated.
Thank you.
Jesus Gutierrez
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