### DEFINE SIMULATION BOX GEOMETRY ### variable density equal 0.2 lattice sc ${density} region box block 0 15 0 15 0 15 create_box 1 box create_atoms 1 box ### DEFINE PHYSICAL PROPERTIES OF ATOMS ### mass 1 1.0 pair_style lj/cut/opt 3.0 pair_coeff 1 1 1.0 1.0 neighbor 2.0 bin ### SPECIFY THE REQUIRED THERMODYNAMIC STATE ### variable T equal 2.0 variable timestep equal 0.0025 ### ASSIGN ATOMIC VELOCITIES ### velocity all create ${T} 12345 dist gaussian rot yes mom yes ### SPECIFY ENSEMBLE ### timestep ${timestep} fix nve all nve ### THERMODYNAMIC OUTPUT CONTROL ### thermo_style custom time etotal temp press thermo 10 ### RECORD TRAJECTORY ### dump traj all custom 1000 output-1 id x y z ### RUN SIMULATION TO MELT CRYSTAL ### run 10000 unfix nve reset_timestep 0 ### BRING SYSTEM TO REQUIRED STATE ### variable tdamp equal ${timestep}*100 fix nvt all nvt temp ${T} ${T} ${tdamp} run 10000 reset_timestep 0 ### SWITCH OFF THERMOSTAT ### unfix nvt fix nve all nve ### MEASURE SYSTEM STATE ### thermo_style custom etotal temp atoms vol variable atoms equal atoms variable atoms2 equal atoms*atoms variable temp equal temp variable energy equal etotal variable energy2 equal etotal*etotal variable volume equal vol variable volume2 equal vol*vol fix aves all ave/time 100 1000 100000 v_temp v_energy v_volume v_energy2 v_atoms2 v_volume2 run 100000 variable avetemp equal f_aves[1] variable aveenergy equal f_aves[2] variable avevol equal f_aves[3] variable aveenergy2 equal f_aves[4] variable heatcap equal ${atoms2}*(${aveenergy2}-${aveenergy}*${aveenergy})/(${avetemp}*${avetemp}) print "Averages" print "--------" print "Temperature: ${avetemp}" print "Avg Energy: ${aveenergy}" print "Atoms: ${atoms}" print "Volume: ${avevol}" print "Heat cap: ${heatcap}"