<div dir="ltr"><div>Dear All,</div><div><br></div><div>I would really appreciate if anyone can help to explain a output in relaxing a structure. I used vc-relax to relax a lattice with forc_conv_thr set as 1.0D-9. After 44 steps, the results converge as following:</div><div><br></div><div><div> Forces acting on atoms (Ry/au):</div><div><br></div><div> atom 1 type 1 force = 0.00000638 0.00000000 0.00000092</div><div> atom 2 type 1 force = 0.00000602 0.00000000 0.00000671</div><div> atom 3 type 1 force = -0.00000074 0.00000000 0.00000243</div><div> atom 4 type 1 force = 0.00000358 0.00000000 -0.00000082</div><div> atom 5 type 2 force = -0.00000821 0.00000000 -0.00000732</div><div> atom 6 type 2 force = -0.00000635 0.00000000 -0.00000202</div><div> atom 7 type 2 force = 0.00000337 0.00000000 -0.00000058</div><div> atom 8 type 2 force = -0.00000406 0.00000000 0.00000068</div><div><br></div><div> Total force = 0.000018 Total SCF correction = 0.000002</div><div> SCF correction compared to forces is large: reduce conv_thr to get better values</div></div><div><br></div><div> bfgs converged in 44 scf cycles and 43 bfgs steps</div><div> (criteria: energy < 1.0E-04, force < 1.0E-09, cell < 5.0E-01)</div><div><br></div><div>The last line says the relaxation converges with force <1.0E-9, but I saw the forces acting on each atom are not smaller than 1e-9. Does anyone has experience on relaxing a lattice and know what is happening? Many thanks!!</div><div><br></div><div>Sincerely,</div><div><div class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr">Best wishes,<div>Tianli</div><div>------------</div><div>Tianli Feng</div><div>Mechanical Engineering, Purdue University</div><div>---The truth is not what you see, but what it is.</div></div></div></div>
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