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<div class="section" id="fix-ti-spring-command">
<span id="index-0"></span><h1>fix ti/spring command</h1>
<div class="section" id="syntax">
<h2>Syntax</h2>
<pre class="literal-block">
fix ID group-ID ti/spring k t_s t_eq keyword value ...
</pre>
<ul>
<li><p class="first">ID, group-ID are documented in <a class="reference internal" href="fix.html"><span class="doc">fix</span></a> command</p>
</li>
<li><p class="first">ti/spring = style name of this fix command</p>
</li>
<li><p class="first">k = spring constant (force/distance units)</p>
</li>
<li><p class="first">t_eq = number of steps for the equilibration procedure</p>
</li>
<li><p class="first">t_s = number of steps for the switching procedure</p>
</li>
<li><p class="first">zero or more keyword/value pairs may be appended to args</p>
</li>
<li><p class="first">keyword = <em>function</em></p>
<pre class="literal-block">
<em>function</em> value = function-ID
function-ID = ID of the switching function (1 or 2)
</pre>
</li>
</ul>
<p><strong>Example:</strong></p>
<div class="highlight-default"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="n">fix</span> <span class="mi">1</span> <span class="nb">all</span> <span class="n">ti</span><span class="o">/</span><span class="n">spring</span> <span class="mf">50.0</span> <span class="mi">2000</span> <span class="mi">1000</span> <span class="n">function</span> <span class="mi">2</span>
</pre></div>
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<div class="section" id="description">
<h2>Description</h2>
<p>This fix allows you to compute the free energy of crystalline solids
by performing a nonequilibrium thermodynamic integration between the
solid of interest and an Einstein crystal. A detailed explanation of
how to use this command and choose its parameters for optimal
performance and accuracy is given in the paper by
<a class="reference internal" href="#freitas"><span class="std std-ref">Freitas</span></a>. The paper also presents a short summary of the
theory of nonequilibrium thermodynamic integrations.</p>
<p>The thermodynamic integration procedure is performed by rescaling the
force on each atom. Given an atomic configuration the force (F) on
each atom is given by</p>
<img alt="_images/fix_ti_spring_force.jpg" class="align-center" src="_images/fix_ti_spring_force.jpg" />
<p>where F_solid is the force that acts on an atom due to an interatomic
potential (<em>e.g.</em> EAM potential), F_harm is the force due to the
Einstein crystal harmonic spring, and lambda is the coupling parameter
of the thermodynamic integration. An Einstein crystal is a solid where
each atom is attached to its equilibrium position by a harmonic spring
with spring constant <em>k</em>. With this fix a spring force is applied
independently to each atom in the group defined by the fix to tether
it to its initial position. The initial position of each atom is its
position at the time the fix command was issued.</p>
<p>The fix acts as follows: during the first <em>t_eq</em> steps after the fix
is defined the value of lambda is zero. This is the period to
equilibrate the system in the lambda = 0 state. After this the value
of lambda changes dynamically during the simulation from 0 to 1
according to the function defined using the keyword <em>function</em>
(described below), this switching from lambda from 0 to 1 is done in
<em>t_s</em> steps. Then comes the second equilibration period of <em>t_eq</em> to
equilibrate the system in the lambda = 1 state. After that, the
switching back to the lambda = 0 state is made using <em>t_s</em> timesteps
and following the same switching function. After this period the value
of lambda is kept equal to zero and the fix has no other effect on the
dynamics of the system.</p>
<p>The processes described above is known as nonequilibrium thermodynamic
integration and is has been shown (<a class="reference internal" href="#freitas"><span class="std std-ref">Freitas</span></a>) to present a
much superior efficiency when compared to standard equilibrium
methods. The reason why the switching it is made in both directions
(potential to Einstein crystal and back) is to eliminate the
dissipated heat due to the nonequilibrium process. Further details
about nonequilibrium thermodynamic integration and its implementation
in LAMMPS is available in <a class="reference internal" href="#freitas"><span class="std std-ref">Freitas</span></a>.</p>
<p>The <em>function</em> keyword allows the use of two different lambda
paths. Option <em>1</em> results in a constant rate of change of lambda with
time:</p>
<img alt="_images/fix_ti_spring_function_1.jpg" class="align-center" src="_images/fix_ti_spring_function_1.jpg" />
<p>where tau is the scaled time variable <em>t/t_s</em>. The option <em>2</em> performs
the lambda switching at a rate defined by the following switching
function</p>
<img alt="_images/fix_ti_spring_function_2.jpg" class="align-center" src="_images/fix_ti_spring_function_2.jpg" />
<p>This function has zero slope as lambda approaches its extreme values
(0 and 1), according to <a class="reference internal" href="#dekoning96"><span class="std std-ref">de Koning</span></a> this results in
smaller fluctuations on the integral to be computed on the
thermodynamic integration. The use of option <em>2</em> is recommended since
it results in better accuracy and less dissipation without any
increase in computational resources cost.</p>
<div class="admonition note">
<p class="first admonition-title">Note</p>
<p class="last">As described in <a class="reference internal" href="#freitas"><span class="std std-ref">Freitas</span></a>, it is important to keep the
center-of-mass fixed during the thermodynamic integration. A nonzero
total velocity will result in divergences during the integration due
to the fact that the atoms are &#8216;attached&#8217; to their equilibrium
positions by the Einstein crystal. Check the option <em>zero</em> of <a class="reference external" href="fix_langevin_html">fix langevin</a> and <a class="reference internal" href="velocity.html"><span class="doc">velocity</span></a>. The use of
the Nose-Hoover thermostat (<span class="xref doc">fix nvt</span>) is <em>NOT</em>
recommended due to its well documented issues with the canonical
sampling of harmonic degrees of freedom (notice that the <em>chain</em>
option will <em>NOT</em> solve this problem). The Langevin thermostat (<a class="reference external" href="fix_langevin.html&quot;">fix langevin</a>) correctly thermostats the system and we
advise its usage with ti/spring command.</p>
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<p><strong>Restart, fix_modify, output, run start/stop, minimize info:</strong></p>
<p>This fix writes the original coordinates of tethered atoms to <a class="reference internal" href="restart.html"><span class="doc">binary restart files</span></a>, so that the spring effect will be the
same in a restarted simulation. See the <a class="reference internal" href="read_restart.html"><span class="doc">read restart</span></a> command for info on how to re-specify a fix
in an input script that reads a restart file, so that the operation of
the fix continues in an uninterrupted fashion.</p>
<p>The <a class="reference internal" href="fix_modify.html"><span class="doc">fix modify</span></a> <em>energy</em> option is supported by this
fix to add the energy stored in the per-atom springs to the system&#8217;s
potential energy as part of <a class="reference internal" href="thermo_style.html"><span class="doc">thermodynamic output</span></a>.</p>
<p>This fix computes a global scalar and a global vector quantities which
can be accessed by various <a class="reference internal" href="Section_howto.html#howto-15"><span class="std std-ref">output commands</span></a>. The scalar is an energy which
is the sum of the spring energy for each atom, where the per-atom
energy is 0.5 * k * r^2. The vector has 2 positions, the first one is
the coupling parameter lambda and the second one is the time
derivative of lambda. The scalar and vector values calculated by this
fix are &#8220;extensive&#8221;.</p>
<p>No parameter of this fix can be used with the <em>start/stop</em> keywords of
the <a class="reference internal" href="run.html"><span class="doc">run</span></a> command.</p>
<p>The forces due to this fix are imposed during an energy minimization,
invoked by the <a class="reference internal" href="minimize.html"><span class="doc">minimize</span></a> command.</p>
<div class="admonition note">
<p class="first admonition-title">Note</p>
<p class="last">If you want the per-atom spring energy to be included in the
total potential energy of the system (the quantity being minimized),
you MUST enable the <a class="reference internal" href="fix_modify.html"><span class="doc">fix modify</span></a> <em>energy</em> option for
this fix.</p>
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<div class="section" id="related-commands">
<h2>Related commands</h2>
<p><a class="reference internal" href="fix_spring.html"><span class="doc">fix spring</span></a>, <a class="reference internal" href="fix_adapt.html"><span class="doc">fix adapt</span></a></p>
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<div class="section" id="restrictions">
<h2>Restrictions</h2>
<blockquote>
<div>none</div></blockquote>
</div>
<div class="section" id="default">
<h2>Default</h2>
<p>The keyword default is function = 1.</p>
<hr class="docutils" />
<p id="freitas"><strong>(Freitas)</strong> Freitas, Asta, and de Koning, Computational Materials
Science, 112, 333 (2016).</p>
<p id="dekoning96"><strong>(de Koning)</strong> de Koning and Antonelli, Phys Rev E, 53, 465 (1996).</p>
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