# Cu2O crystal, qeq on, minimizes, then calculates elastic constants units metal atom_style charge dimension 3 boundary p p p read_data data.Cu2O mass 1 63.5 mass 2 16.0 velocity all create 1.0 277387 pair_style comb pair_coeff * * ffield.comb Cu O neighbor 0.5 bin neigh_modify every 20 delay 0 check no timestep 0.00020 thermo_style custom step temp etotal pe evdwl ecoul lx ly lz vol thermo_modify norm yes thermo 1 fix 1 all nve fix 2 all qeq/comb 1 0.0001 dump 1 all cfg 1 *.cfg id type xs ys zs q f_2 vx vy vz fx fy fz dump_modify 1 append yes element Cu O run 2 thermo_style custom step temp etotal pe evdwl ecoul lx ly lz vol thermo_modify norm yes thermo 1 unfix 1 fix 1 all box/relax aniso 0.0 vmax 0.001 minimize 1.0e-14 1.0e-20 1000 10000 min_modify dmax 0.2 line quadratic thermo_style custom step temp etotal pe evdwl ecoul lx ly lz vol thermo_modify norm yes thermo 1 unfix 1 fix 1 all nve run 1 unfix 1 unfix 2 undump 1 ### copy lines after this to any input script for elastic calculations ### ## Elastic constants calculations: strain box, measure box stress ## strain x, measure s_x, s_y, s_z, s_yz: ## calculates C11, C12, C13 and C14 fix 2 all deform 1 x scale 1.0001 remap x compute perfx all stress/atom pair compute fx all reduce sum & c_perfx[1] c_perfx[2] c_perfx[3] & c_perfx[4] c_perfx[5] c_perfx[6] thermo_style custom step lx ly lz xy xz yz & c_fx[1] c_fx[2] c_fx[3] c_fx[4] c_fx[5] c_fx[6] run 10 ## strain z, measure s_z: calculates C33 fix 2 all deform 1 z scale 1.0001 remap x compute perfz all stress/atom pair compute fz all reduce sum & c_perfz[1] c_perfz[2] c_perfz[3] & c_perfz[4] c_perfz[5] c_perfz[6] thermo_style custom step lx ly lz xy xz yz & c_fz[1] c_fz[2] c_fz[3] c_fz[4] c_fz[5] c_fz[6] run 10 ## strain yz, measure s_yz: calculates C44 fix 2 all deform 1 yz erate 0.0001 remap x compute perfyz all stress/atom pair compute fyz all reduce sum & c_perfyz[1] c_perfyz[2] c_perfyz[3] & c_perfyz[4] c_perfyz[5] c_perfyz[6] thermo_style custom step lx ly lz xy xz yz & c_fyz[1] c_fyz[2] c_fyz[3] c_fyz[4] c_fyz[5] c_fyz[6] run 10 ## strain xy, measure s_xy: calculates C66 fix 2 all deform 1 xy erate 0.0001 remap x compute perfxy all stress/atom pair compute fxy all reduce sum & c_perfxy[1] c_perfxy[2] c_perfxy[3] & c_perfxy[4] c_perfxy[5] c_perfxy[6] thermo_style custom step lx ly lz xy xz yz & c_fxy[1] c_fxy[2] c_fxy[3] c_fxy[4] c_fxy[5] c_fxy[6] run 10