<div dir="ltr">Dear QE, <div><br></div><div style>I ran a vc-relax with the following specifications (16 atoms, 6 kinds (4 Al, 2Ti, 2Cr, 2 Fe, 3 Co, 3 Ni) : </div><div style><br></div><div style><div>&CONTROL</div><div>
calculation = "vc-relax",</div><div> dt = 30.D0,</div><div>/</div><div>&SYSTEM</div><div> ibrav = 1,</div><div> A = 5.9726, </div><div> nat = 16,</div><div> ntyp = 6,</div>
<div> ecutwfc = 12.D0,</div><div> occupations = "smearing",</div><div> smearing = "methfessel-paxton",</div><div> degauss = 0.05D0,</div><div>/</div><div>&ELECTRONS</div><div> conv_thr = 1.D-7,</div>
<div> mixing_beta = 0.7D0,</div><div>/</div><div>&IONS</div><div> ion_dynamics = "damp",</div><div> pot_extrapolation = "second_order",</div><div> wfc_extrapolation = "second_order",</div>
<div>/</div><div>&CELL</div><div> cell_dynamics = 'bfgs'</div><div>/</div><div>ATOMIC_SPECIES</div><div>Al 27 Al.pbe-n-rrkjus_psl.0.1.UPF</div><div>Ti 48 Ti.pbe-sp-van_ak.UPF</div><div>Cr 52 Cr.pbe-sp-van.UPF</div>
<div>Fe 56 Fe.pbe-nd-rrkjus.UPF</div><div>Co 59 Co.pbe-n-van_gipaw.UPF</div><div>Ni 59 Ni.pbe-nd-rrkjus.UPF</div></div><div style>....</div><div style><div>K_POINTS automatic</div><div>8 8 8 0 0 0</div></div><div><br>
</div><div><br></div><div style>These are some of the total energies in the first scf step: </div><div style><br></div><div><div>....</div><div>-1167.37380454</div><div>-1167.37730282</div><div>-1167.37313462</div><div>-1167.32387998</div>
<div>-1167.36729923</div><div>-1167.36931830</div><div>-1167.36943509</div><div>-1167.37686298</div><div>-1167.37121766</div><div>-1167.36631842</div><div>-1167.36484431</div><div>-1167.31794482</div><div>-1167.35485093</div>
<div>-1167.36884054</div><div>-1167.36678740</div><div>-1167.36964606</div><div>-1167.35381941</div><div>-1167.29375341</div><div>-1167.31307315</div><div>-1167.30808057</div></div><div><br></div><div>It took 55 steps but still showed sign of convergence. I ended the calculation prematurely at this point, because it was taking too long. I'm just wondering if this is normal for such a system. Or something is going wrong, like &SYSTEM parameters. <br>
</div><div><br></div><div style>Thank you very much, </div><div style>Yantao Wu</div></div>