################################################## # parameters of the adaptive-precision potential # ################################################## # We couple an EAM potential with an ACE potential. variable eamfs_file string "Cu_300K_Immel_2023.eam.fs" variable ace_file1 string "Cu-1.yace" variable ace_file2 string "../../../potentials/Cu-PBE-core-rep.ace" # The csp is used as detection mechanism for atoms of interest. variable csp_lattice string "fcc" variable csp_cutoff equal 6.0 # The range [r_sw_lo, r_sw_hi] determines where the switching parameter changes from 0 to 1. variable r_sw_lo equal 4.0 variable r_sw_hi equal 12.0 # Thresholds between which the switching parameter changes from 1 to 0 based on the csp. variable lambda_input_thr_lo equal 7.5 variable lambda_input_thr_hi equal 8.0 # Number of averaged steps. variable lambda_input_histlen equal 110 variable lambda_histlen equal 110 # Minimum required change of the switching parameter variable min_delta_lambda equal 1/${lambda_histlen} # number of atoms rescaled by the lambda_thermostat variable N_rescaling equal 600 # basic stuff units metal dimension 3 boundary p p s atom_style apip # own atom style required for APIP timestep 0.001 read_data data.surface.balance fix nve all nve comm_style tiled # Only the upper surface should be treated precisely. # Thus, we create group, for whose atoms the csp is ignored, as the corresponding # argument of fix lambda is used. region bottom block INF INF INF INF INF 0 units box group group_ignore_csp region bottom # use adaptive-precision eam-ace potential with lambda_thermostat pair_style hybrid/overlay eam/fs/apip pace/apip lambda_input/csp ${csp_lattice} cutoff ${csp_cutoff} lambda/zone ${r_sw_hi} pair_coeff * * eam/fs/apip ${eamfs_file} Cu pair_coeff * * pace/apip ${ace_file2} Cu pair_coeff * * lambda_input/csp pair_coeff * * lambda/zone fix lambda all lambda ${lambda_input_thr_lo} ${lambda_input_thr_hi} time_averaged_zone ${r_sw_lo} ${r_sw_hi} ${lambda_input_histlen} ${lambda_histlen} min_delta_lambda ${min_delta_lambda} group_ignore_lambda_input group_ignore_csp fix lambda_thermostat all lambda_thermostat N_rescaling ${N_rescaling} fix weight_atom all apip_atom_weight 10 eam ace lambda_input lambda/zone all # store weight in variable fix property_atom all property/atom d_usedweight variable myweight atom f_weight_atom #dump 1 all custom 10 dump/surface_ap_balance.dump.* id type x y z lambda lambda_input f_weight_atom proc d_usedweight ## apply load balancing ## no load-balancing #fix balance all balance 10 0.9 report weight time 1.0 weight store usedweight ## load balancing with times per atom per processor #fix balance all balance 10 0.9 rcb weight time 1.0 weight store usedweight ## load balancing with an approximated load per atom by fix apip_atom_weight fix balance all balance 10 0.9 rcb weight var myweight weight store usedweight thermo_style custom step f_balance spcpu f_weight_atom[*] thermo 10 run 100