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.. index:: fix spring/chunk
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fix spring/chunk command
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Syntax
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""""""
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.. parsed-literal::
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fix ID group-ID spring/chunk K chunkID comID
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* ID, group-ID are documented in :doc:`fix <fix>` command
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* spring/chunk = style name of this fix command
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* K = spring constant for each chunk (force/distance units)
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* chunkID = ID of :doc:`compute chunk/atom <compute_chunk_atom>` command
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* comID = ID of :doc:`compute com/chunk <compute_com_chunk>` command
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Examples
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""""""""
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.. parsed-literal::
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fix restrain all spring/chunk 100 chunkID comID
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Description
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"""""""""""
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Apply a spring force to the center-of-mass (COM) of chunks of atoms as
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defined by the :doc:`compute chunk/atom <compute_chunk_atom>` command.
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Chunks can be molecules or spatial bins or other groupings of atoms.
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This is a way of tethering each chunk to its initial COM coordinates.
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The *chunkID* is the ID of a compute chunk/atom command defined in the
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input script. It is used to define the chunks. The *comID* is the ID
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of a compute com/chunk command defined in the input script. It is
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used to compute the COMs of each chunk.
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At the beginning of the first :doc:`run <run>` or
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:doc:`minimize <miminize>` command after this fix is defined, the
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initial COM of each chunk is calculated and stored as R0c, where C is
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the chunk number. Thereafter, at every timestep (or minimization
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iteration), the current COM of each chunk is calculated as Rc. A
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restoring force of magnitude K (Rc - R0c) Mi / Mc is applied to each
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atom in each chunk where *K* is the specified spring constant, Mi is
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the mass of the atom, and Mc is the total mass of all atoms in the
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chunk. Note that *K* thus represents the spring constant for the
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total force on each chunk of atoms, not for a spring applied to each
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atom.
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Restart, fix_modify, output, run start/stop, minimize info
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No information about this fix is written to :doc:`binary restart files <restart>`.
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The :doc:`fix_modify <fix_modify>` *energy* option is supported by this
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fix to add the energy stored in all the springs to the system's potential
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energy as part of :doc:`thermodynamic output <thermo_style>`.
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This fix computes a global scalar which can be accessed by various
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:ref:`output commands <howto_15>`. The scalar is the
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energy of all the springs, i.e. 0.5 * K * r^2 per-spring.
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The scalar value calculated by this fix is "extensive".
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No parameter of this fix can be used with the *start/stop* keywords of
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the :doc:`run <run>` command.
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The forces due to this fix are imposed during an energy minimization,
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invoked by the :doc:`minimize <minimize>` command.
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.. note::
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If you want the spring energies to be included in the total
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potential energy of the system (the quantity being minimized), you
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MUST enable the :doc:`fix_modify <fix_modify>` *energy* option for this
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fix.
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Restrictions
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""""""""""""
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none
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Related commands
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""""""""""""""""
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:doc:`fix spring <fix_spring>`, :doc:`fix spring/self <fix_spring_self>`,
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:doc:`fix spring/rg <fix_spring_rg>`
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**Default:** none
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.. _lws: http://lammps.sandia.gov
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.. _ld: Manual.html
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.. _lc: Section_commands.html#comm
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