All zero forces in the neb.dat file

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vasp0405
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All zero forces in the neb.dat file

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After running the nebbarrier.pl script, the output neb.dat file shows all zero forces at the fourth column.
How can I solve this problem? Thanks a lot!
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Re: All zero forces in the neb.dat file

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My guess is that you do not have our VTSTcode linked into your vasp binary. You can grep for VTST in the OUTCAR to check.
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Re: All zero forces in the neb.dat file

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Yes, you are right. I simply use the normal vasp binary. Then how can I extract this force info from the normal NEB vasp OUTCAR? Thanks a lot!
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Re: All zero forces in the neb.dat file

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Well, you would need to extract the forces and take a dot product with the tangent between images. I don't think that we have a script for doing this, but it wouldn't be too hard.
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Re: All zero forces in the neb.dat file

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Is it the same value as the line: "tangential force:" of the last iteration in the normal version VASP OUTCAR?
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Re: All zero forces in the neb.dat file

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That is very likely correct.
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