<div dir="ltr">Dear QE users<br><br>My system has 54 atoms with a BCC structure. Its primitive unit cell includes 27 atoms. <br>I am trying to find its lattice constant by using vc-relax.<br>After running it several times and for more than 3 weeks still the convergence thresholds are not satisfied. <br>
The forces don't like to get smaller than a specific value (around 0.02).<br>Is something wrong with my input file? Please let me know your comments.<br><br>Best regards,Payam Norouzzadeh<br><br><br>&CONTROL<br> title = Eight,<br>
calculation = "vc-relax",<br> restart_mode = 'from_scratch' ,<br> prefix = "Eight",<br> pseudo_dir = "/...",<br> wfcdir = '...' ,<br> outdir = '/...',<br>
nstep = 100 ,<br> etot_conv_thr = 1.0E-9 ,<br> forc_conv_thr = 5.0D-5 ,<br> max_seconds = 172800 ,<br> dt = 100 ,<br>/<br>&SYSTEM<br> ibrav = 3, <br> celldm(1)=19.622,<br> nat = 27,<br> ntyp = 3,<br> ecutwfc = 70.D0,<br>
ecutrho = 700.D0,<br> occupations='smearing', <br> smearing='gaussian',<br> degauss=0.02,<br>/<br>&ELECTRONS<br>diagonalization = 'cg',<br> conv_thr = 1.D-9,<br> mixing_beta = 0.5D0,<br>
/<br>&IONS<br> ion_dynamics = 'damp' ,<br>/<br>&CELL<br>cell_dynamics = 'damp-w',<br>/<br>ATOMIC_SPECIES<br>Al 26.98154 Al.pw91-n-van.UPF <br>Si 28.0855 Si.pw91-n-van.UPF<br>Ba 137.327 Ba.pw91-nsp-van.UPF<br>
ATOMIC_POSITIONS crystal<br>Al 0.216201457 0.378180997 0.237078143<br>Al 0.034697037 0.023737131 0.761262755<br>Al 0.547173316 0.281036341 0.747383956<br>Al 0.499243974 0.592176706 0.241711510<br>
Al 0.079436185 0.571961647 0.770077147<br>Al 0.696760320 0.247074460 0.186155320<br>Al 0.763858042 0.534829188 0.108400015<br>Si -0.084375501 0.661831874 -0.052015722<br>Si 0.768579606 0.003812573 0.065138231<br>
Si 0.015665804 -0.146726664 0.029763195<br>Si 0.219167074 0.647981279 0.510896217<br>Si 0.688206047 0.299356062 0.551238353<br>Si 0.813578233 0.574824765 0.373099840<br>Si 0.455287149 0.559729400 0.815079368<br>
Si 0.236709112 0.370770979 0.535759218<br>Si -0.101920499 0.795055135 0.400098065<br>Si 0.540358072 0.119760142 0.526376973<br>Si 0.817782198 0.005623765 0.511008919<br>Si 0.260966498 0.808368895 0.269851937<br>
Si 0.611991634 -0.079635051 0.839306911<br>Si 0.368449934 0.463356223 0.046445257<br>Si 0.051075029 0.331552898 0.665912314<br>Si 0.416741872 0.793935246 -0.103728118<br>Ba 0.635745128 0.714712066 0.579828902<br>
Ba 0.158096139 0.054209356 0.465675155<br>Ba -0.077117796 0.267386792 -0.044545628<br>Ba 0.416141346 0.060760806 0.081304511<br>K_POINTS automatic <br>6 6 6 0 0 0 <br><br> <br></div>