<div dir="ltr">Hi,<div>After doing a vc-relax calculation, I used the relaxed cell parameters and coordinates to run a scf calculation with the same convergence criteria and cutoffs. However, the system's stress and pressure are shown to be very different. A similar issue I encountered on the QE forum, was fixed by tweaking the convergence against the Ecut value. But before I even started the computations, I verified convergence against Ecut and Kpoints. I have used the NC PseudoDojo PP. Any assistance in this respect would be greatly appreciated.<br></div><div><br></div><div><b>Here is the output stress from the last step of vc-relax:</b></div><div>     total  stress  (Ry/bohr**3)          (kbar)   P=     0.01<br>  0.00000007  -0.00000001  0.00000000       0.01    -0.00     0.00<br> -0.00000001  0.00000007  -0.00000001      -0.00     0.01    -0.00<br>  0.00000000  -0.00000001  0.00000008       0.00    -0.00     0.01<br><br></div><div><b>Here is the output stress from scf:</b><br></div><div>     total  stress  (Ry/bohr**3)          (kbar)   P=    -0.81<br>  0.00000173  0.00001357  -0.00001496       0.26     2.00    -2.20<br>  0.00001357  0.00000039  0.00000247       2.00     0.06     0.36<br> -0.00001496  0.00000247  -0.00001869      -2.20     0.36    -2.75<br></div><div><br></div><div><b>vc-relax input:</b></div><div>&CONTROL<br> calculation = 'vc-relax'<br> etot_conv_thr =  1.0000000000d-06<br> forc_conv_thr =  1.0000000000d-05<br> outdir = './out/'<br> restart_mode = "restart"<br> pseudo_dir = '/home/ikharagpur/Desktop/Aritri/HAP_QE_NEW_FINAL/HAP/convergance/ecut'<br> tprnfor = .true.<br> tstress = .true.<br> verbosity = 'high'<br> nstep = 200<br>/<br>&SYSTEM<br> degauss =  7.3498618000d-03<br> ecutrho =  6.40000000000d+02<br> ecutwfc =  7.00000000000d+01<br> ibrav = 0<br> nat = 41<br> nosym = .false.<br> ntyp = 6<br> occupations = 'smearing'<br> smearing = 'cold'<br>/<br>&ELECTRONS<br> conv_thr =  1.000000000d-06<br> electron_maxstep = 200<br> mixing_beta =  4.0000000000d-01<br>/<br><br>&IONS<br>  ion_dynamics = "bfgs"<br>/<br><br>&CELL<br>press_conv_thr = 2.0000000000d-01<br>/<br>ATOMIC_SPECIES<br>Ca   40.078 Ca.upf<br>Na   22.98977  Na.upf<br>C    12.01070  C.upf<br>O    15.99940  O.upf<br>P    30.973761 P.upf<br>F    18.99840  F.upf<br>ATOMIC_POSITIONS (angstrom)<br>Ca       4.9287293961     2.5312304672    -0.0636442378<br>Ca       4.9349185508     2.9027082111     3.5370417241<br>Ca      -0.1577580449     5.2894025247     3.4702936429<br>Ca      -0.0739768540     5.6370186571     6.8292427360<br>Ca       8.2864929497     1.8261397245     1.8328431870<br>Ca       2.2609502006    -0.0600744649     1.7143079190<br>Ca       2.5803500800     8.0301042324     5.1805666090<br>Ca       1.2884866870     2.1466631854     5.2813513288<br>Ca       3.5158951682     6.0372944022     1.5643802295<br>Na      -3.4620658996     6.2795759096     5.1320586858<br>P       3.0867436650     4.9588322631     5.0692930838<br>P       -2.6763991933     5.0837191424     1.6232868296<br>P       7.4815069785     2.9665452844     5.2783593876<br>P       3.6993356186     0.3106309483     5.0653678851<br>P       1.0698739046     7.9066715577     1.7873359347<br>C       1.2319164303     3.3343087228     1.7769185095<br>O       5.4234243858     4.2067912520     1.5295885888<br>O       -0.6403864365     3.8380742071     5.3624856051<br>O       -0.8563492736     6.9192183026     5.0299634841<br>O       5.4654395719     1.2958222863     1.8055312311<br>O       1.5979572302     5.3945572754     5.0209743070<br>O       -1.3937275362     4.1855912819     1.6316785468<br>O       6.1807498417     3.8078762598     5.2946494123<br>O       5.0962113435     1.0053557461     5.0068747439<br>O       -0.2479127385     7.1008839512     1.9479371612<br>O       3.2273831465     3.4634648722     5.5060881250<br>O       -2.6816919427     5.9171673155     2.9218077268<br>O       7.4667745856     2.1504763747     3.9587589893<br>O       3.0395685571     0.7662604690     6.4089715877<br>O       1.6807850560     7.4400441153     0.4356710059<br>O       3.7496780255     5.0285541608     3.6678802859<br>O       7.4304843715     1.9745826851     6.4795274695<br>O       -2.5490400608     6.0618753239     0.4335569310<br>O       2.1013955811     7.5530328240     2.8790462527<br>O       2.8601969330     0.8778458001     3.8781941654<br>O       3.7949586106     5.8956756067     6.0712536830<br>O       0.8670346278     3.0547681296     2.9882678476<br>O       1.1759918381     2.3994316994     0.8866049917<br>O       1.5424153852     4.5568348312     1.4666970156<br>F       -0.0049782532    -0.1503358719     1.6561706198<br>F       0.1059848801     0.2892097568     5.0465194963<br><br><br>K_POINTS automatic<br>2 2 3 0 0 0<br>CELL_PARAMETERS {angstrom}<br> 9.397300  0.000000  0.000000<br> -4.698650  8.138301  0.000000<br> 0.000000  0.000000  6.878200<br></div><div><br></div><div><b>SCF input:</b></div><div>&CONTROL<br> calculation = 'scf'<br> etot_conv_thr =  1.0000000000d-06<br> forc_conv_thr =  1.0000000000d-05<br> outdir = './out/'<br> restart_mode = "restart"<br> pseudo_dir = '/home/ikharagpur/Desktop/Aritri/HAP_QE_NEW_FINAL/HAP/convergance/ecut'<br> tprnfor = .true.<br> tstress = .true.<br> verbosity = 'high'<br> nstep = 200<br>/<br>&SYSTEM<br> degauss =  7.3498618000d-03<br> ecutrho =  6.40000000000d+02<br> ecutwfc =  7.00000000000d+01<br> ibrav = 0<br> nat = 41<br> nosym = .false.<br> ntyp = 6<br> occupations = 'smearing'<br> smearing = 'cold'<br>/<br>&ELECTRONS<br> conv_thr =  1.000000000d-06<br> electron_maxstep = 200<br> mixing_beta =  4.0000000000d-01<br>/<br><br>&IONS<br>  ion_dynamics = "bfgs"<br>/<br><br>&CELL<br>press_conv_thr = 2.0000000000d-01<br>/<br>ATOMIC_SPECIES<br>Ca   40.078 Ca.upf<br>Na   22.98977  Na.upf<br>C    12.01070  C.upf<br>O    15.99940  O.upf<br>P    30.973761 P.upf<br>F    18.99840  F.upf<br>CELL_PARAMETERS (angstrom)<br>  9.403522322  0.089346951  -0.122107790<br> -4.624574075  8.051846973  0.082501283<br> -0.089342394  0.017896376  6.858790895<br><br>ATOMIC_POSITIONS (angstrom)<br>Ca       4.9770967179     2.5653460075    -0.1337751051<br>Ca       4.9372354934     2.9499612895     3.4521186383<br>Ca      -0.2034442691     5.2530858364     3.4846530148<br>Ca      -0.1137416011     5.6308719994     6.8378219159<br>Ca       8.2977611076     1.8800297962     1.7736446849<br>Ca       2.2413533700    -0.0004311837     1.6492932113<br>Ca       2.5998562512     8.0245043365     5.1748616941<br>Ca       1.2506199411     2.1667262606     5.2671066291<br>Ca       3.5541793955     6.0330065573     1.5227272245<br>Na      -3.4956016665     6.2398706047     5.1457184840<br>P       3.0566889679     4.9793535438     5.0167609882<br>P       -2.6527279052     5.0483379029     1.6427735806<br>P       7.4441823231     3.0411198798     5.2001935411<br>P       3.6424844026     0.3624968438     4.9862395101<br>P       1.1282750360     7.8820131992     1.8006951844<br>C       1.2510149622     3.3000132805     1.7883657663<br>O       5.4429703417     4.2737740659     1.4446893386<br>O       -0.6738195196     3.8099927194     5.4003635803<br>O       -0.8628277153     6.8847306005     5.0381510390<br>O       5.4357139734     1.3538452729     1.7347050153<br>O       1.5682645853     5.4071648285     4.9732803722<br>O       -1.3803282481     4.1392385455     1.6342972619<br>O       6.1476486660     3.8856145701     5.2283043788<br>O       5.0436443940     1.0499318227     4.9116948440<br>O       -0.1813703769     7.0691733500     1.9897343088<br>O       3.1868368926     3.4940352445     5.4742190961<br>O       -2.6384743048     5.8674555732     2.9521034467<br>O       7.4112431425     2.2431045948     3.8687306171<br>O       2.9998260819     0.8176325894     6.3372934848<br>O       1.7154095157     7.4080787828     0.4394134783<br>O       3.7349447320     5.0315628428     3.6206036999<br>O       7.3859083710     2.0358197649     6.3901175611<br>O       -2.5132765701     6.0348969987     0.4629313985<br>O       2.1946381316     7.5655991791     2.8668076838<br>O       2.7966145386     0.9308171326     3.8087744773<br>O       3.7629853133     5.9368419567     6.0029497429<br>O       0.8283603096     3.0530829701     2.9898800237<br>O       1.2402701808     2.3363280977     0.9260179599<br>O       1.5764439696     4.5094877888     1.4558604255<br>F       -0.0267498884    -0.1708338921     1.6329080094<br>F       0.0483918544     0.3169071048     5.0200898238<br><br>K_POINTS automatic<br>2 2 3 0 0 0<br></div><div>Regards,</div><div>Aritri Roy </div><div>Junior Research Fellow,</div><div>Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur</div><div>West Bengal, India</div><div><br></div></div>