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Monitoring geometric parameters in molecular dynamics
- define the standard MD-related parameters: IBRION=0, TEBEG, POTIM, NSW
- set MDALGO to 1 or 2 for a simulation with Andersen, or Nose-Hoover
thermostat, respectively (check description of ANDERSEN_PROB and SMASS
for the thermostat-specific setting)
- define geometric constraints in file ICONST (see Sec. 6.62.4)
the input parameter STATUS for monitored coordinate must be set to 7
- optionally, set the upper and/or lower limits for the coordinates (see description
of flags VALUE_MIN and VALUE_MAX, Sec. 6.62.3)
The geometric parameters with STATUS=7 are monitored during the MD simulation,
the corresponding values for each MD step are written in the file REPORT after the lines
following the string "Monit_coord". Sometimes it is desirable to terminate
the simulation if all values of monitored parameters get larger
that some predefined upper and/or lower limits. These can be supplied by
user via flags VALUE_MIN and VALUE_MAX, see Sec. 6.62.3.
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