<p>I was playing
with the neb tutorial at <a href="https://www.cp2k.org/exercises:2016_uzh_cmest:path_optimization_neb">https://www.cp2k.org/exercises:2016_uzh_cmest:path_optimization_neb</a> and was using all input files from this site.</p>
<p> </p>
<p>After the
second band step, the separate band output gave the following convergence
check:</p>
<p>*******************************************************************************</p>
<p> RMS DISPLACEMENT = 0.01661
[ 0.00010]
( NO)</p>
<p> MAX DISPLACEMENT = 0.04582
[ 0.00020]
( NO)</p>
<p> RMS FORCE =
0.00459 [ 0.00500] (YES)</p>
<p> MAX FORCE =
0.02442 [ 0.00100] ( NO)</p>
<p> *******************************************************************************</p>
<p> </p>
<p><b>The screen
output has the following energies and force values. What is odd that the max force of all these
images is not 0.02442. Actually there is
no force that is close to be +-0.0244. I
am wondering what is this “MAX FORCE”. Thanks.</b></p>
<p> </p>
<p> NEB| Computing Energies and Forces</p>
<p> NEB| REPLICA Nr. 1- Energy and Forces</p>
<p> NEB| Total
Energy: -14.955972284</p>
<p> NEB|
ATOM
X Y Z</p>
<p> NEB|
C
-0.000158132 -0.000000000 -0.000010247 </p>
<p> NEB|
C
0.000158132 0.000000000 0.000010247 </p>
<p> NEB|
H
-0.000009893 -0.000000000 0.000090633 </p>
<p> NEB|
H -0.000044050 -0.000068824 -0.000011886 </p>
<p> NEB|
H
-0.000044050 0.000068824 -0.000011886 </p>
<p> NEB|
H
0.000009893 0.000000000 -0.000090633 </p>
<p> NEB|
H 0.000044050 0.000068824 0.000011886 </p>
<p> NEB|
H
0.000044050 -0.000068824 0.000011886 </p>
<p> NEB| REPLICA Nr. 2- Energy and Forces</p>
<p> NEB| Total Energy: -14.953424807</p>
<p> NEB|
ATOM
X Y Z</p>
<p> NEB|
C
0.015511582 -0.000123867 -0.000363499 </p>
<p> NEB|
C
-0.015514484 0.000198863 0.000377792 </p>
<p> NEB|
H
0.000857207 0.000192596 0.003925016 </p>
<p> NEB|
H
0.000684401 -0.003902176 -0.002099542 </p>
<p> NEB|
H
0.000794070 0.003497209 -0.002176137 </p>
<p> NEB|
H
-0.000859132 0.000183216 -0.003909916 </p>
<p> NEB|
H
-0.000734015 0.003669315 0.002258834 </p>
<p> NEB|
H
-0.000739709 -0.003761630 0.001987922 </p>
<p> NEB| REPLICA Nr. 3- Energy and Forces</p>
<p> NEB| Total
Energy: -14.952203598</p>
<p> NEB|
ATOM
X Y Z</p>
<p> NEB|
C
0.010538684 -0.000238117 -0.000516915 </p>
<p> NEB|
C
-0.010542876 0.000214692 0.000522403 </p>
<p> NEB|
H
0.000413313 -0.000291891 0.003136219 </p>
<p> NEB|
H
0.000191793 -0.002982635 -0.002211249 </p>
<p> NEB|
H
0.000330883 0.003013668 -0.001368350 </p>
<p> NEB|
H
-0.000425288 -0.000291342 -0.003075548 </p>
<p> NEB|
H
-0.000246337 0.003274227 0.001455731 </p>
<p> NEB|
H
-0.000260278 -0.002823871 0.002056329 </p>
<p> NEB| REPLICA Nr. 4- Energy and Forces</p>
<p> NEB| Total
Energy: -14.951836807</p>
<p> NEB|
ATOM
X Y Z</p>
<p> NEB|
C
-0.000166119 -0.000233856 -0.000487654 </p>
<p> NEB|
C
0.000160984 0.000258427 0.000483064 </p>
<p> NEB|
H
0.000029046 0.000183156 0.000057179 </p>
<p> NEB|
H
-0.000172411 -0.000483736 -0.000359493 </p>
<p> NEB|
H
-0.000023827 0.000096042 -0.000156766 </p>
<p> NEB|
H
-0.000040779 0.000199584 0.000032287 </p>
<p> NEB|
H
0.000106393 0.000381211 0.000225999 </p>
<p> NEB|
H
0.000106826 -0.000345313 0.000203051 </p>
<p> NEB| REPLICA Nr. 5- Energy and Forces</p>
<p> NEB| Total
Energy: -14.951407301</p>
<p> NEB|
ATOM X Y Z</p>
<p> NEB|
C
0.015874406 -0.000326490 -0.000555730 </p>
<p> NEB|
C
-0.015842202 0.000299497 0.000559685 </p>
<p> NEB|
H 0.000535731 -0.002915118 0.002845326 </p>
<p> NEB|
H
0.000312063 -0.001213868 -0.004546885 </p>
<p> NEB|
H
0.000505489 0.003928930 0.001110436 </p>
<p> NEB|
H -0.000585448 -0.002832671 -0.002713428 </p>
<p> NEB|
H
-0.000406024 0.004307148 -0.001105774 </p>
<p> NEB|
H
-0.000394296 -0.001114621 0.004405311 </p>
<p> NEB| REPLICA Nr. 6- Energy and Forces</p>
<p> NEB| Total
Energy: -14.952232632</p>
<p> NEB|
ATOM
X Y Z</p>
<p> NEB|
C
0.024362977 -0.000274819 -0.000383546 </p>
<p> NEB|
C
-0.024281416 0.000284322 0.000400750 </p>
<p> NEB|
H
0.001292285 -0.004167767 0.002626455 </p>
<p> NEB|
H 0.001137983 -0.000313475 -0.005288164 </p>
<p> NEB|
H
0.001311947 0.004206108 0.002313869 </p>
<p> NEB|
H
-0.001362979 -0.004056262 -0.002510384 </p>
<p> NEB|
H
-0.001240025 0.004537593 -0.002369052 </p>
<p> NEB|
H
-0.001219620 -0.000261211 0.005209053 </p>
<p> NEB| REPLICA Nr. 7- Energy and Forces</p>
<p> NEB| Total
Energy: -14.954539124</p>
<p> NEB|
ATOM
X Y Z</p>
<p> NEB|
C
0.016039728 -0.000166622 -0.000179795 </p>
<p> NEB|
C
-0.015936746 0.000181883 0.000203661 </p>
<p> NEB|
H
0.000838326 -0.004015114 0.002084504 </p>
<p> NEB|
H
0.000753054 0.000204003 -0.004717897 </p>
<p> NEB|
H
0.000870997 0.003741728 0.002384503 </p>
<p> NEB|
H
-0.000902028 -0.003947288 -0.002036799 </p>
<p> NEB|
H
-0.000843340 0.003959916 -0.002460137 </p>
<p> NEB|
H
-0.000819474 0.000224363 0.004721034 </p>
<p> NEB| REPLICA Nr. 8- Energy and Forces</p>
<p> NEB|
Total
Energy: -14.955953570</p>
<p> NEB|
ATOM
X Y Z</p>
<p> NEB|
C
-0.000000797 0.000124456 0.000066034 </p>
<p> NEB|
C 0.000011951 -0.000146750 -0.000118626 </p>
<p> NEB|
H
0.000029286 0.000146761 0.000101230 </p>
<p> NEB|
H
-0.000005088 -0.000168487 -0.000042189 </p>
<p> NEB|
H
0.000005136 0.000121871 -0.000047943 </p>
<p> NEB|
H
-0.000007405 -0.000110873 -0.000237047 </p>
<p> NEB|
H
-0.000035252 0.000164078 0.000019902 </p>
<p> NEB|
H
-0.000000769 -0.000171696 0.000257590</p>