Dear pw_forum<br><br>I try to simulate a metallic slab under a electric field. In order to improve the convergence, I checked this web page :<br><br><a href="http://blog.sina.com.cn/s/blog_5f15ead20100cw4d.html">http://blog.sina.com.cn/s/blog_5f15ead20100cw4d.html</a><br>
<br>I tried all the suggestion (except band number increase) and the process continue with a very slow convergence, after 283 iterations the ethr=1.2E-9. The important part of the input file is :<br><br>&CONTROL<br> calculation = 'scf'<br>
...<br> tefield = .true.<br> dipfield = .true.<br>/<br>&SYSTEM<br> ibrav = 0<br> celldm(1) = 1.0<br> nat = 21<br> ntyp = 1<br>
ecutwfc = 30<br> ecutrho = 500<br> degauss = 0.03<br> occupations = 'smearing'<br> smearing = 'mv'<br> nspin = 2<br>
starting_magnetization= 0.1<br> edir = 3<br> emaxpos = 0.9<br> eopreg = 0.2<br> eamp = 0.019447<br>/<br>&ELECTRONS<br> electron_maxstep = 300<br>
mixing_mode = 'local-TF'<br> mixing_beta = 0.1<br> mixing_ndim = 10<br>/<br>...<br>K_POINTS (automatic)<br>6 6 6 0 0 0<br>...<br>This process use approx 5Gb of data in the associated files.<br>
<br clear="all">My question are, <br>-If I increase the band number, The space disk will be more?<br>-Do you have suggestion about how to proceed in order to avoid this I/O increase. and improve the convergence or velocity. <br>
-I'm (over/under)estimating some previous value?, k-points, mixing_*, ecut*?<br><br>Thanks in advance<br>Joaquin Peralta<br>Materials Science and Engineering<br>Iowa State University.<br><br>-- <br>----------------------------------------------------<br>
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