From: Jim Phillips (jim_at_ks.uiuc.edu)
Date: Tue May 10 2011 - 21:31:42 CDT
Hi Brian,
This function just returns a reference to the applied forces list, to
which forces to be added to atoms are appended (I'm not at all proud of
this interface, but C++ was young back then). These forces are added to
the normal intermolecular forces; they do not replace them.
So, for your example, the resulting force is 1.0 + -2.0 = -1.0.
-Jim
On Fri, 22 Apr 2011, Bennion, Brian wrote:
>
> Hello,
>
> I just want to do a sanity check about the use of modifyAppliedForce.
> In several sections of the namd2 code (globalmasterTMD, colvars, etc)
> this function seems to modify forces before use in calculations for the
> next timestep. Is this a modification that replaces the previously
> determined force or does it attenuate/potentiate the previously
> determined force? For example, if curForceX=1.00 and
> modifyAppliedForces() sends a force with an X term of myforceX=-2.0 is
> the resulting force that is used in the following steps equal to -1.0 or
> is it -2.0?
>
> Does that make anysense?
> Brian Bennion
>
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