AmoebaBondForce¶
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class
OpenMM::
AmoebaBondForce
¶ This class implements an interaction between pairs of particles that varies with the distance between them. The interaction is defined by a 4th order polynomial. Only the quadratic term is set per-bond. The coefficients of the higher order terms each have a single value that is set globally.
To use it, create an
AmoebaBondForce()
object then calladdBond()
once for each bond. After a bond has been added, you can modify its force field parameters by callingsetBondParameters()
. This will have no effect on Contexts that already exist unless you callupdateParametersInContext()
.Methods
AmoebaBondForce()
Create an AmoebaBondForce()
.getNumBonds()
Get the number of bond stretch terms in the potential function setAmoebaGlobalBondCubic()
Set the global cubic term getAmoebaGlobalBondCubic()
Get the global cubic term setAmoebaGlobalBondQuartic()
Set the global quartic term getAmoebaGlobalBondQuartic()
Get the global quartic term addBond()
Add a bond term to the force field. getBondParameters()
Get the force field parameters for a bond term. setBondParameters()
Set the force field parameters for a bond term. updateParametersInContext()
Update the per-bond parameters in a Context
to match those stored in thisForce
object.usesPeriodicBoundaryConditions()
Returns whether or not this force makes use of periodic boundary conditions. -
AmoebaBondForce
()¶ Create an
AmoebaBondForce()
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int
getNumBonds
() const¶ Get the number of bond stretch terms in the potential function
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void
setAmoebaGlobalBondCubic
(double cubicK)¶ Set the global cubic term
Parameters: - cubicK – the cubic force constant for the bond
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double
getAmoebaGlobalBondCubic
() const¶ Get the global cubic term
Returns: global cubicK term
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void
setAmoebaGlobalBondQuartic
(double quarticK)¶ Set the global quartic term
Parameters: - quarticK – the quartic force constant for the bond
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double
getAmoebaGlobalBondQuartic
() const¶ Get the global quartic term
Returns: global quartic term
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int
addBond
(int particle1, int particle2, double length, double quadraticK)¶ Add a bond term to the force field.
Parameters: - particle1 – the index of the first particle connected by the bond
- particle2 – the index of the second particle connected by the bond
- length – the equilibrium length of the bond, measured in nm
- quadraticK – the quadratic force constant for the bond
Returns: the index of the bond that was added
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void
getBondParameters
(int index, int &particle1, int &particle2, double &length, double &quadraticK) const¶ Get the force field parameters for a bond term.
Parameters: - index – the index of the bond for which to get parameters
- particle1 – [out] the index of the first particle connected by the bond
- particle2 – [out] the index of the second particle connected by the bond
- length – [out] the equilibrium length of the bond, measured in nm
- quadraticK – [out] the quadratic force constant for the bond
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void
setBondParameters
(int index, int particle1, int particle2, double length, double quadraticK)¶ Set the force field parameters for a bond term.
Parameters: - index – the index of the bond for which to set parameters
- particle1 – the index of the first particle connected by the bond
- particle2 – the index of the second particle connected by the bond
- length – the equilibrium length of the bond, measured in nm
- quadraticK – the quadratic force constant for the bond
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void
updateParametersInContext
(Context &context)¶ Update the per-bond parameters in a
Context
to match those stored in thisForce
object. This method provides an efficient method to update certain parameters in an existingContext
without needing to reinitialize it. Simply callsetBondParameters()
to modify this object’s parameters, then callupdateParametersInContext()
to copy them over to theContext
.The only information this method updates is the values of per-bond parameters. The set of particles involved in a bond cannot be changed, nor can new bonds be added.
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bool
usesPeriodicBoundaryConditions
() const¶ Returns whether or not this force makes use of periodic boundary conditions.
Returns: true if nonbondedMethod uses PBC and false otherwise
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