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<li class="toctree-l2"><a class="reference internal" href="fix_mvv_dpd.html">fix mvv/dpd command</a></li>
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<li class="toctree-l2"><a class="reference internal" href="fix_neb.html">fix neb command</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l2"><a class="reference internal" href="fix_neb_spin.html">fix neb/spin command</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l2"><a class="reference internal" href="fix_nh.html">fix nvt command</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l2"><a class="reference internal" href="fix_nh.html#fix-npt-command">fix npt command</a></li>
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<li class="toctree-l2"><a class="reference internal" href="fix_nh_eff.html">fix nvt/eff command</a></li>
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<li class="toctree-l2"><a class="reference internal" href="fix_nph_asphere.html">fix nph/asphere command</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l2"><a class="reference internal" href="fix_nph_body.html">fix nph/body command</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l2"><a class="reference internal" href="fix_nph_sphere.html">fix nph/sphere command</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l2"><a class="reference internal" href="fix_nphug.html">fix nphug command</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l2"><a class="reference internal" href="fix_npt_asphere.html">fix npt/asphere command</a></li>
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<li class="toctree-l2"><a class="reference internal" href="fix_npt_cauchy.html">fix npt/cauchy command</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l2"><a class="reference internal" href="fix_npt_sphere.html">fix npt/sphere command</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l2"><a class="reference internal" href="fix_numdiff.html">fix numdiff command</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l2"><a class="reference internal" href="fix_numdiff_virial.html">fix numdiff/virial command</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l2"><a class="reference internal" href="fix_nve.html">fix nve command</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l2"><a class="reference internal" href="fix_nve_asphere.html">fix nve/asphere command</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l2"><a class="reference internal" href="fix_nve_asphere_noforce.html">fix nve/asphere/noforce command</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l2"><a class="reference internal" href="fix_nve_awpmd.html">fix nve/awpmd command</a></li>
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<li class="toctree-l2"><a class="reference internal" href="fix_nve_bpm_sphere.html">fix nve/bpm/sphere command</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l2"><a class="reference internal" href="fix_nve_dot.html">fix nve/dot command</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l2"><a class="reference internal" href="fix_nve_dotc_langevin.html">fix nve/dotc/langevin command</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l2"><a class="reference internal" href="fix_nve_eff.html">fix nve/eff command</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l2"><a class="reference internal" href="fix_nve_limit.html">fix nve/limit command</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l2"><a class="reference internal" href="fix_nve_line.html">fix nve/line command</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l2"><a class="reference internal" href="fix_nve_manifold_rattle.html">fix nve/manifold/rattle command</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l2"><a class="reference internal" href="fix_nve_noforce.html">fix nve/noforce command</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l2"><a class="reference internal" href="fix_nve_sphere.html">fix nve/sphere command</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l2"><a class="reference internal" href="fix_nve_spin.html">fix nve/spin command</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l2"><a class="reference internal" href="fix_nve_tri.html">fix nve/tri command</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l2"><a class="reference internal" href="fix_nvk.html">fix nvk command</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l2"><a class="reference internal" href="fix_nvt_asphere.html">fix nvt/asphere command</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l2"><a class="reference internal" href="fix_nvt_body.html">fix nvt/body command</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l2"><a class="reference internal" href="fix_nvt_manifold_rattle.html">fix nvt/manifold/rattle command</a></li>
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<li class="toctree-l2"><a class="reference internal" href="fix_nvt_sllod_eff.html">fix nvt/sllod/eff command</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l2"><a class="reference internal" href="fix_nvt_sphere.html">fix nvt/sphere command</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l2"><a class="reference internal" href="fix_oneway.html">fix oneway command</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l2"><a class="reference internal" href="fix_orient.html">fix orient/fcc command</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l2"><a class="reference internal" href="fix_orient.html#fix-orient-bcc-command">fix orient/bcc command</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l2"><a class="reference internal" href="fix_orient_eco.html">fix orient/eco command</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l2"><a class="reference internal" href="fix_pafi.html">fix pafi command</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l2"><a class="reference internal" href="fix_pair.html">fix pair command</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l2"><a class="reference internal" href="fix_phonon.html">fix phonon command</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l2"><a class="reference internal" href="fix_pimd.html">fix pimd/langevin command</a></li>
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  <p><span class="math notranslate nohighlight">\(\renewcommand{\AA}{\text{Å}}\)</span></p>
<section id="fix-spring-chunk-command">
<span id="index-0"></span><h1>fix spring/chunk command<a class="headerlink" href="#fix-spring-chunk-command" title="Link to this heading"></a></h1>
<section id="syntax">
<h2>Syntax<a class="headerlink" href="#syntax" title="Link to this heading"></a></h2>
<div class="highlight-LAMMPS notranslate"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="k">fix </span><span class="nv nv-Identifier">ID</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nv nv-Identifier">group-ID</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">spring</span><span class="o">/</span><span class="n">chunk</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">K</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">chunkID</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">comID</span>
</pre></div>
</div>
<ul class="simple">
<li><p>ID, group-ID are documented in <a class="reference internal" href="fix.html"><span class="doc">fix</span></a> command</p></li>
<li><p>spring/chunk = style name of this fix command</p></li>
<li><p>K = spring constant for each chunk (force/distance units)</p></li>
<li><p>chunkID = ID of <a class="reference internal" href="compute_chunk_atom.html"><span class="doc">compute chunk/atom</span></a> command</p></li>
<li><p>comID = ID of <a class="reference internal" href="compute_com_chunk.html"><span class="doc">compute com/chunk</span></a> command</p></li>
</ul>
</section>
<section id="examples">
<h2>Examples<a class="headerlink" href="#examples" title="Link to this heading"></a></h2>
<div class="highlight-LAMMPS notranslate"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="k">fix </span><span class="nv nv-Identifier">restrain</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="nv nv-Identifier">all</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">spring</span><span class="o">/</span><span class="n">chunk</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="m">100</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">chunkID</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">comID</span>
</pre></div>
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</section>
<section id="description">
<h2>Description<a class="headerlink" href="#description" title="Link to this heading"></a></h2>
<p>Apply a spring force to the center-of-mass (COM) of chunks of atoms as
defined by the <a class="reference internal" href="compute_chunk_atom.html"><span class="doc">compute chunk/atom</span></a> command.
Chunks can be molecules or spatial bins or other groupings of atoms.
This is a way of tethering each chunk to its initial COM coordinates.</p>
<p>The <em>chunkID</em> is the ID of a compute chunk/atom command defined in the
input script.  It is used to define the chunks.  The <em>comID</em> is the ID
of a compute com/chunk command defined in the input script.  It is
used to compute the COMs of each chunk.</p>
<p>At the beginning of the first <a class="reference internal" href="run.html"><span class="doc">run</span></a> or
<a class="reference internal" href="minimize.html"><span class="doc">minimize</span></a> command after this fix is defined, the
initial COM of each chunk is calculated and stored as R0m, where M is
the chunk number.  Thereafter, at every timestep (or minimization
iteration), the current COM of each chunk is calculated as Rm.  A
restoring force of magnitude K (Rm - R0m) Mi / Mm is applied to each
atom in each chunk where <em>K</em> is the specified spring constant, Mi is
the mass of the atom, and Mm is the total mass of all atoms in the
chunk.  Note that <em>K</em> thus represents the spring constant for the
total force on each chunk of atoms, not for a spring applied to each
atom.</p>
</section>
<section id="restart-fix-modify-output-run-start-stop-minimize-info">
<h2>Restart, fix_modify, output, run start/stop, minimize info<a class="headerlink" href="#restart-fix-modify-output-run-start-stop-minimize-info" title="Link to this heading"></a></h2>
<p>This fix writes the locations of the initial per-chunk center of mass
coordinates to <a class="reference internal" href="restart.html"><span class="doc">binary restart files</span></a>.  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 fix continues in an uninterrupted fashion.  Since this fix depends
on an instance of <a class="reference internal" href="compute_chunk_atom.html"><span class="doc">compute chunk/atom</span></a>
it will check when reading the restart if the chunk still exists and
will define the same number of chunks. The restart data is only applied
when the number of chunks matches. Otherwise the center of mass
coordinates are recomputed.</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 all the springs to the global
potential energy of the system as part of <a class="reference internal" href="thermo_style.html"><span class="doc">thermodynamic output</span></a>.  The default setting for this fix is <a class="reference internal" href="fix_modify.html"><span class="doc">fix_modify
energy no</span></a>.</p>
<p>The <a class="reference internal" href="fix_modify.html"><span class="doc">fix_modify</span></a> <em>respa</em> option is supported by this
fix. This allows to set at which level of the <a class="reference internal" href="run_style.html"><span class="doc">r-RESPA</span></a>
integrator the fix is adding its forces. Default is the outermost level.</p>
<p>This fix computes a global scalar which can be accessed by various
<a class="reference internal" href="Howto_output.html"><span class="doc">output commands</span></a>.  The scalar is the energy of all
the springs, i.e. 0.5 * K * r^2 per-spring.</p>
<p>The scalar value calculated by this fix is “extensive”.</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="admonition-title">Note</p>
<p>If you want the spring energies 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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