[Pw_forum] vc-relax - Convergence Problems

Andre Martinotto almartinotto at gmail.com
Fri Aug 20 20:07:45 CEST 2010


Yes, the enthalpy is decreasing the enthalpy is decreasing. Below the values
of the  enthaply.

Best regards,
André Luis Martinotto

Andre Martinotto
Email: almartinotto at gmail.com
Computing Department
Universidade de Caxias do Sul
Caxias do Sul - RS, Brazil

     enthalpy old            =   -1018.4377035275 Ry
     enthalpy new            =   -1018.4494900797 Ry
     CASE: enthalpy_new < enthalpy_old
     enthalpy old            =   -1018.4494900797 Ry
     enthalpy new            =   -1018.4568547798 Ry
     CASE: enthalpy_new < enthalpy_old
     enthalpy old            =   -1018.4568547798 Ry
     enthalpy new            =   -1018.4624673172 Ry
     CASE: enthalpy_new < enthalpy_old
     enthalpy old            =   -1018.4624673172 Ry
     enthalpy new            =   -1018.4675637420 Ry
     CASE: enthalpy_new < enthalpy_old
     enthalpy old            =   -1018.4675637420 Ry
     enthalpy new            =   -1018.4745374801 Ry
     CASE: enthalpy_new < enthalpy_old
     enthalpy old            =   -1018.4745374801 Ry
     enthalpy new            =   -1018.4787658712 Ry
     CASE: enthalpy_new < enthalpy_old
     enthalpy old            =   -1018.4787658712 Ry
     enthalpy new            =   -1018.4839453395 Ry
     CASE: enthalpy_new < enthalpy_old
     enthalpy old            =   -1018.4839453395 Ry
     enthalpy new            =   -1018.4906317150 Ry
     CASE: enthalpy_new < enthalpy_old
     enthalpy old            =   -1018.4906317150 Ry
     enthalpy new            =   -1018.4927767110 Ry
     CASE: enthalpy_new < enthalpy_old
     enthalpy old            =   -1018.4927767110 Ry
     enthalpy new            =   -1018.4939707446 Ry
     CASE: enthalpy_new < enthalpy_old
     enthalpy old            =   -1018.4939707446 Ry
     enthalpy new            =   -1018.4946012005 Ry
     CASE: enthalpy_new < enthalpy_old
     enthalpy old            =   -1018.4946012005 Ry
     enthalpy new            =   -1018.4951369286 Ry
     CASE: enthalpy_new < enthalpy_old
     enthalpy old            =   -1018.4951369286 Ry
     enthalpy new            =   -1018.4955690712 Ry
     CASE: enthalpy_new < enthalpy_old
     enthalpy old            =   -1018.4955690712 Ry
     enthalpy new            =   -1018.4961210855 Ry
     CASE: enthalpy_new < enthalpy_old
     enthalpy old            =   -1018.4961210855 Ry
     enthalpy new            =   -1018.4964627786 Ry
     CASE: enthalpy_new < enthalpy_old
     enthalpy old            =   -1018.4964627786 Ry
     enthalpy new            =   -1018.4971749436 Ry
     CASE: enthalpy_new < enthalpy_old
     enthalpy old            =   -1018.4971749436 Ry
     enthalpy new            =   -1018.4985789257 Ry
     CASE: enthalpy_new < enthalpy_old
     enthalpy old            =   -1018.4985789257 Ry
     enthalpy new            =   -1018.4996031008 Ry
     CASE: enthalpy_new < enthalpy_old
     enthalpy old            =   -1018.4996031008 Ry
     enthalpy new            =   -1018.5008017865 Ry
     CASE: enthalpy_new < enthalpy_old
     enthalpy old            =   -1018.5008017865 Ry
     enthalpy new            =   -1018.5036232518 Ry
     CASE: enthalpy_new < enthalpy_old
     enthalpy old            =   -1018.5036232518 Ry
     enthalpy new            =   -1018.5070595112 Ry
     CASE: enthalpy_new < enthalpy_old
     enthalpy old            =   -1018.5070595112 Ry
     enthalpy new            =   -1018.5117630729 Ry
     CASE: enthalpy_new < enthalpy_old
     enthalpy old            =   -1018.5117630729 Ry
     enthalpy new            =   -1018.5170591719 Ry
     CASE: enthalpy_new < enthalpy_old
     enthalpy old            =   -1018.5170591719 Ry
     enthalpy new            =   -1018.5222913399 Ry
     CASE: enthalpy_new < enthalpy_old
     enthalpy old            =   -1018.5222913399 Ry
     enthalpy new            =   -1018.5282241124 Ry
     CASE: enthalpy_new < enthalpy_old
     enthalpy old            =   -1018.5282241124 Ry
     enthalpy new            =   -1018.5342597827 Ry
     CASE: enthalpy_new < enthalpy_old
     enthalpy old            =   -1018.5342597827 Ry
     enthalpy new            =   -1018.5406966898 Ry
     CASE: enthalpy_new < enthalpy_old
     enthalpy old            =   -1018.5406966898 Ry
     enthalpy new            =   -1018.5469217329 Ry
     CASE: enthalpy_new < enthalpy_old
     enthalpy old            =   -1018.5469217329 Ry
     enthalpy new            =   -1018.5530869862 Ry
     CASE: enthalpy_new < enthalpy_old
     enthalpy old            =   -1018.5530869862 Ry
     enthalpy new            =   -1018.5599277199 Ry
     CASE: enthalpy_new < enthalpy_old
     enthalpy old            =   -1018.5599277199 Ry
     enthalpy new            =   -1018.5668277117 Ry
     CASE: enthalpy_new < enthalpy_old
     enthalpy old            =   -1018.5668277117 Ry
     enthalpy new            =   -1018.5740583719 Ry
     CASE: enthalpy_new < enthalpy_old
     enthalpy old            =   -1018.5740583719 Ry
     enthalpy new            =   -1018.5816796313 Ry

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On Fri, Aug 20, 2010 at 2:53 PM, Stefano de Gironcoli <degironc at sissa.it>wrote:

> is the enthalpy decreasing during the relaxation ?
> stefano
>
> Andre Martinotto wrote:
> > Dear Stefano,
> >
> > Sorry.  I sent the wrong input file. The outputs correspond to the file
> > below.
> >
> > Best regards,
> > André Luis Martinotto
> >
> > Andre Martinotto
> > Email: almartinotto at gmail.com
> > Computing Department
> > Universidade de Caxias do Sul
> > Caxias do Sul - RS, Brazil
> >
> > &CONTROL
> >                        title = CoSb3 ,
> >                  calculation = 'vc-relax',
> >                 restart_mode = 'restart',
> >                   wf_collect = .true. ,
> >                       outdir = '/dados/almartin/est2_a' ,
> >                       wfcdir = '/dados/almartin/est2_a' ,
> >                   pseudo_dir = '/home/u/almartin/cosb3/pseudo' ,
> >                       prefix = 'est1' ,
> >                etot_conv_thr = 1.0D-4 ,
> >                forc_conv_thr = 1.0D-3 ,
> >                      tstress = .true. ,
> >                      tprnfor = .true.
> >  /
> >  &SYSTEM
> >                        ibrav = 1,
> >                            A = 8.5012 ,
> >                          nat = 32,
> >                         ntyp = 2,
> >                      ecutwfc = 30. ,
> >                      ecutrho = 300 ,
> >                      input_dft = 'PBE' ,
> >                  occupations = 'smearing' ,
> >                      degauss = 0.01 ,
> >                     smearing = 'marzari-vanderbilt' ,
> >  /
> >  &ELECTRONS
> >                     conv_thr = 1.0D-9 ,
> >                  startingpot = 'atomic' ,
> >                  startingwfc = 'atomic' ,
> >                  mixing_mode = 'plain' ,
> >                  mixing_beta = 0.7D0 ,
> >              diagonalization = 'david' ,
> >  /
> >  &IONS
> >                 ion_dynamics = 'bfgs' ,
> >                ion_positions = 'default' ,
> >  /
> >  &CELL
> >                cell_dynamics = 'bfgs' ,
> >                        press = 0.D0 ,
> >               press_conv_thr = 0.2D0 ,
> >                  cell_factor = 1.5D0 ,
> >  /
> > ATOMIC_SPECIES
> >    Co   58.93300  Co.pbe-nd-rrkjus.UPF
> >    Sb  121.76000  Sb.pbe-rrkjus.UPF
> > ATOMIC_POSITIONS crystal
> > Co      0.25    0.25    0.25    1 1 1
> > Co      0.75    0.75    0.25    1 1 1
> > Co      0.75    0.25    0.75    1 1 1
> > Co      0.25    0.75    0.75    1 1 1
> > Co      0.75    0.75    0.75    1 1 1
> > Co      0.25    0.25    0.75    1 1 1
> > Co      0.25    0.75    0.25    1 1 1
> > Co      0.75    0.25    0.25    1 1 1
> > Sb      0       0.6646  0.8421  1 1 1
> > Sb      0       0.3354  0.8421  1 1 1
> > Sb      0       0.6646  0.1579  1 1 1
> > Sb      0       0.3354  0.1579  1 1 1
> > Sb      0.8421  0       0.6646  1 1 1
> > Sb      0.6646  0.8421  0       1 1 1
> > Sb      0.8421  0       0.3354  1 1 1
> > Sb      0.3354  0.8421  0       1 1 1
> > Sb      0.1579  0       0.6646  1 1 1
> > Sb      0.6646  0.1579  0       1 1 1
> > Sb      0.1579  0       0.3354  1 1 1
> > Sb      0.  0.  0.       0 0 0
> > Sb      0.5     0.1646  0.3421  1 1 1
> > Sb      0.5     0.8354  0.3421  1 1 1
> > Sb      0.5     0.1646  0.6579  1 1 1
> > Sb      0.5     0.8354  0.6579  1 1 1
> > Sb      0.3421  0.5     0.1646  1 1 1
> > Sb      0.1646  0.3421  0.5     1 1 1
> > Sb      0.3421  0.5     0.8354  1 1 1
> > Sb      0.8354  0.3421  0.5     1 1 1
> > Sb      0.6579  0.5     0.1646  1 1 1
> > Sb      0.1646  0.6579  0.5     1 1 1
> > Sb      0.6579  0.5     0.8354  1 1 1
> > Sb      0.5  0.5  0.5     0 0 0
> > K_POINTS automatic
> >   8 8 8 0 0 0
> >
> >
> >
> > On Fri, Aug 20, 2010 at 12:17 PM, Stefano de Gironcoli <
> degironc at sissa.it>wrote:
> >
> >
> >> you ARE NOT making a vc-relaxation unless you specify
> >> calculation='vc-relax'
> >> stefano
> >>
> >> Andre Martinotto wrote:
> >>
> >>> Dear all,
> >>>
> >>> I'm trying to make a vc-relax optimization of a structure with
> vacancies,
> >>> but I'm having some problems for convergence. I have a problem with
> >>>
> >> forces
> >>
> >>> convergence. Below the input file as are the force and stress results.
> >>>
> >>> Someone would have some suggestion to solve this problem?
> >>>
> >>> Thanks!
> >>>
> >>> Best regards,
> >>> André Luis Martinotto
> >>>
> >>> Andre Martinotto
> >>> Email: almartinotto at gmail.com
> >>> Computing Department
> >>> Universidade de Caxias do Sul
> >>> Caxias do Sul - RS, Brazil
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> /------------------------------------- input file
> >>> ---------------------------------------/
> >>>  &CONTROL
> >>>                        title = CoSb3 ,
> >>>                  calculation = 'relax',
> >>>                 restart_mode = 'restart',
> >>>                   wf_collect = .true. ,
> >>>                       outdir = '/dados/almartin/est2_a' ,
> >>>                       wfcdir = '/dados/almartin/est2_a' ,
> >>>                   pseudo_dir = '/home/u/almartin/cosb3/pseudo' ,
> >>>                       prefix = 'est1' ,
> >>>                etot_conv_thr = 1.0D-4 ,
> >>>                forc_conv_thr = 1.0D-3 ,
> >>>                      tstress = .true. ,
> >>>                      tprnfor = .true.
> >>>  /
> >>>  &SYSTEM
> >>>                        ibrav = 1,
> >>>                            A = 8.5012 ,
> >>>                          nat = 32,
> >>>                         ntyp = 2,
> >>>                      ecutwfc = 30. ,
> >>>                      ecutrho = 300 ,
> >>>                      input_dft = 'PBE' ,
> >>>                  occupations = 'smearing' ,
> >>>                      degauss = 0.01 ,
> >>>                     smearing = 'marzari-vanderbilt' ,
> >>>  /
> >>>  &ELECTRONS
> >>>                     conv_thr = 1.0D-9 ,
> >>>                  startingpot = 'atomic' ,
> >>>                  startingwfc = 'atomic' ,
> >>>                  mixing_mode = 'plain' ,
> >>>                  mixing_beta = 0.7D0 ,
> >>>              diagonalization = 'david' ,
> >>>  /
> >>>  &IONS
> >>>                 ion_dynamics = 'bfgs' ,
> >>>                ion_positions = 'default' ,
> >>>  /
> >>> &CELL
> >>>                cell_dynamics = 'bfgs' ,
> >>>                        press = 0.D0 ,
> >>>               press_conv_thr = 0.2D0 ,
> >>>                  cell_factor = 1.5D0 ,
> >>>  /
> >>> ATOMIC_SPECIES
> >>>    Co   58.93300  Co.pbe-nd-rrkjus.UPF
> >>>    Sb  121.76000  Sb.pbe-rrkjus.UPF
> >>> ATOMIC_POSITIONS crystal
> >>> Co      0.25    0.25    0.25    1 1 1
> >>> Co      0.75    0.75    0.25    1 1 1
> >>> Co      0.75    0.25    0.75    1 1 1
> >>> Co      0.25    0.75    0.75    1 1 1
> >>> Co      0.75    0.75    0.75    1 1 1
> >>> Co      0.25    0.25    0.75    1 1 1
> >>> Co      0.25    0.75    0.25    1 1 1
> >>> Co      0.75    0.25    0.25    1 1 1
> >>> Sb      0       0.6646  0.8421  1 1 1
> >>> Sb      0       0.3354  0.8421  1 1 1
> >>> Sb      0       0.6646  0.1579  1 1 1
> >>> Sb      0       0.3354  0.1579  1 1 1
> >>> Sb      0.8421  0       0.6646  1 1 1
> >>> Sb      0.6646  0.8421  0       1 1 1
> >>> Sb      0.8421  0       0.3354  1 1 1
> >>> Sb      0.3354  0.8421  0       1 1 1
> >>> Sb      0.1579  0       0.6646  1 1 1
> >>> Sb      0.6646  0.1579  0       1 1 1
> >>> Sb      0.1579  0       0.3354  1 1 1
> >>> Sb      0.  0.  0.           0 0 0
> >>> Sb      0.5     0.1646  0.3421  1 1 1
> >>> Sb      0.5     0.8354  0.3421  1 1 1
> >>> Sb      0.5     0.1646  0.6579  1 1 1
> >>> Sb      0.5     0.8354  0.6579  1 1 1
> >>> Sb      0.3421  0.5     0.1646  1 1 1
> >>> Sb      0.1646  0.3421  0.5     1 1 1
> >>> Sb      0.3421  0.5     0.8354  1 1 1
> >>> Sb      0.8354  0.3421  0.5     1 1 1
> >>> Sb      0.6579  0.5     0.1646  1 1 1
> >>> Sb      0.1646  0.6579  0.5     1 1 1
> >>> Sb      0.6579  0.5     0.8354  1 1 1
> >>> Sb      0.5  0.5  0.5         0 0 0
> >>> K_POINTS automatic
> >>>   8 8 8 0 0 0
> >>>
> >>> /------------------------------------- stress results
> >>> --------------------------------------/
> >>>
> >>>     entering subroutine stress ...
> >>>           total   stress  (Ry/bohr**3)                   (kbar)     P=
> >>> 0.77
> >>>      entering subroutine stress ...
> >>>           total   stress  (Ry/bohr**3)                   (kbar)     P=
> >>> 9.48
> >>>      entering subroutine stress ...
> >>>           total   stress  (Ry/bohr**3)                   (kbar)     P=
> >>> 11.91
> >>>      entering subroutine stress ...
> >>>           total   stress  (Ry/bohr**3)                   (kbar)     P=
> >>> 4.78
> >>>      entering subroutine stress ...
> >>>           total   stress  (Ry/bohr**3)                   (kbar)     P=
> >>> -6.89
> >>>      entering subroutine stress ...
> >>>           total   stress  (Ry/bohr**3)                   (kbar)     P=
> >>> -2.65
> >>>      entering subroutine stress ...
> >>>           total   stress  (Ry/bohr**3)                   (kbar)     P=
> >>> 1.31
> >>>      entering subroutine stress ...
> >>>           total   stress  (Ry/bohr**3)                   (kbar)     P=
> >>> 5.44
> >>>      entering subroutine stress ...
> >>>           total   stress  (Ry/bohr**3)                   (kbar)     P=
> >>> 2.47
> >>>      entering subroutine stress ...
> >>>           total   stress  (Ry/bohr**3)                   (kbar)     P=
> >>> -2.82
> >>>      entering subroutine stress ...
> >>>           total   stress  (Ry/bohr**3)                   (kbar)     P=
> >>> -1.30
> >>>      entering subroutine stress ...
> >>>           total   stress  (Ry/bohr**3)                   (kbar)     P=
> >>> 0.08
> >>>      entering subroutine stress ...
> >>>           total   stress  (Ry/bohr**3)                   (kbar)     P=
> >>> 0.71
> >>>      entering subroutine stress ...
> >>>           total   stress  (Ry/bohr**3)                   (kbar)     P=
> >>> 1.11
> >>>      entering subroutine stress ...
> >>>           total   stress  (Ry/bohr**3)                   (kbar)     P=
> >>> 0.70
> >>>      entering subroutine stress ...
> >>>           total   stress  (Ry/bohr**3)                   (kbar)     P=
> >>> 0.16
> >>>      entering subroutine stress ...
> >>>           total   stress  (Ry/bohr**3)                   (kbar)     P=
> >>> -0.77
> >>>      entering subroutine stress ...
> >>>           total   stress  (Ry/bohr**3)                   (kbar)     P=
> >>> -1.30
> >>>      entering subroutine stress ...
> >>>           total   stress  (Ry/bohr**3)                   (kbar)     P=
> >>> -1.45
> >>>      entering subroutine stress ...
> >>>           total   stress  (Ry/bohr**3)                   (kbar)     P=
> >>> -1.23
> >>>      entering subroutine stress ...
> >>>           total   stress  (Ry/bohr**3)                   (kbar)     P=
> >>> -0.56
> >>>      entering subroutine stress ...
> >>>           total   stress  (Ry/bohr**3)                   (kbar)     P=
> >>> 0.39
> >>>      entering subroutine stress ...
> >>>           total   stress  (Ry/bohr**3)                   (kbar)     P=
> >>> 1.24
> >>>      entering subroutine stress ...
> >>>           total   stress  (Ry/bohr**3)                   (kbar)     P=
> >>> 1.92
> >>>      entering subroutine stress ...
> >>>           total   stress  (Ry/bohr**3)                   (kbar)     P=
> >>> 2.18
> >>>      entering subroutine stress ...
> >>>           total   stress  (Ry/bohr**3)                   (kbar)     P=
> >>> 2.16
> >>>      entering subroutine stress ...
> >>>           total   stress  (Ry/bohr**3)                   (kbar)     P=
> >>> 1.82
> >>>      entering subroutine stress ...
> >>>           total   stress  (Ry/bohr**3)                   (kbar)     P=
> >>> 1.35
> >>>      entering subroutine stress ...
> >>>           total   stress  (Ry/bohr**3)                   (kbar)     P=
> >>> 0.75
> >>>      entering subroutine stress ...
> >>>           total   stress  (Ry/bohr**3)                   (kbar)     P=
> >>> 0.30
> >>>      entering subroutine stress ...
> >>>           total   stress  (Ry/bohr**3)                   (kbar)     P=
> >>> -0.03
> >>>      entering subroutine stress ...
> >>>           total   stress  (Ry/bohr**3)                   (kbar)     P=
> >>> -0.37
> >>>      entering subroutine stress ...
> >>>           total   stress  (Ry/bohr**3)                   (kbar)     P=
> >>> -0.72
> >>>
> >>> /------------------------------------- force results
> >>> --------------------------------------/
> >>>
> >>>      Total force =     0.072779     Total SCF correction =     0.000066
> >>>      Total force =     0.053372     Total SCF correction =     0.000053
> >>>      Total force =     0.044120     Total SCF correction =     0.000023
> >>>      Total force =     0.045980     Total SCF correction =     0.000024
> >>>      Total force =     0.049875     Total SCF correction =     0.000027
> >>>      Total force =     0.043061     Total SCF correction =     0.000055
> >>>      Total force =     0.033627     Total SCF correction =     0.000027
> >>>      Total force =     0.024939     Total SCF correction =     0.000032
> >>>      Total force =     0.022018     Total SCF correction =     0.000009
> >>>      Total force =     0.015573     Total SCF correction =     0.000049
> >>>      Total force =     0.013346     Total SCF correction =     0.000039
> >>>      Total force =     0.010870     Total SCF correction =     0.000017
> >>>      Total force =     0.010344     Total SCF correction =     0.000031
> >>>      Total force =     0.016943     Total SCF correction =     0.000021
> >>>      Total force =     0.015429     Total SCF correction =     0.000031
> >>>      Total force =     0.013450     Total SCF correction =     0.000013
> >>>      Total force =     0.015799     Total SCF correction =     0.000010
> >>>      Total force =     0.023243     Total SCF correction =     0.000032
> >>>      Total force =     0.028594     Total SCF correction =     0.000015
> >>>      Total force =     0.038065     Total SCF correction =     0.000030
> >>>      Total force =     0.044262     Total SCF correction =     0.000073
> >>>      Total force =     0.048789     Total SCF correction =     0.000054
> >>>      Total force =     0.053071     Total SCF correction =     0.000047
> >>>      Total force =     0.057755     Total SCF correction =     0.000030
> >>>      Total force =     0.061205     Total SCF correction =     0.000057
> >>>      Total force =     0.063732     Total SCF correction =     0.000055
> >>>      Total force =     0.065333     Total SCF correction =     0.000069
> >>>      Total force =     0.067697     Total SCF correction =     0.000029
> >>>      Total force =     0.071297     Total SCF correction =     0.000042
> >>>      Total force =     0.075401     Total SCF correction =     0.000020
> >>>      Total force =     0.080403     Total SCF correction =     0.000064
> >>>      Total force =     0.086012     Total SCF correction =     0.000030
> >>>      Total force =     0.091511     Total SCF correction =     0.000033
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
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