11.2. 4Site-Rigid Water Model

11.2.1. Functional Form

The 4Site-Rigid water model has the functional form:

\(E={{E}_{q}}+{{E}_{LJ}}\)

The force-field parameters for this potential and units are given by:

Equation Symbol Parameter Definition Units
\(E_{q}\) Charge potential energy energy
\(E_{LJ}\) Lennard-Jones potential energy energy

11.2.2. XML Schema

The XML schema for the 4Site-Rigid water model has the following representation (design mode representation using Liquid XML Studio):

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The general sub-elements (the actual data set) are given by:

Parameter Definition Schema Notation
Distance between O and H R_OH
Distance between O and M R_OM
Angle between HOH Theta_HOH
Lennard-Jones parameter A
Lennard-Jones parameter B
Charge of M q_M
Charge of H q_H
  sigma
  epsilon

The general attributes (describing the entire data set) are given by:

General Attributes Cardinality Value/Definition
name Required The name
formula Fixed E=E_q+E_LJ
version Optional Version number of parameter set
comment Optional Comment attached to data set
A-units Required Enumerations specified in schema
B-units Required Enumerations specified in schema
R-units Required Enumerations specified in schema
Theta_HOH-units Required Enumerations specified in schema
sigma-units Required Enumerations specified in schema
epsilon-units Required Enumerations specified in schema

Note that an XML document will be rejected from being entered into the WebFF database if a required attribute is left unspecified.