<div dir="ltr">Dear QE users<br><br>My system has 54 atoms with a BCC structure. Its primitive unit cell includes 27 atoms. <br>I am trying to find its lattice constant by using vc-relax.<br>After running it several times and for more than 3 weeks still the convergence thresholds are not satisfied. <br>
The forces don't like to get smaller than a specific value (around 0.02).<br>Is something wrong with my input file? Please let me know your comments.<br><br>Best regards,Payam Norouzzadeh<br><br><br>&CONTROL<br>Â title = Eight,<br>
 calculation = "vc-relax",<br> restart_mode = 'from_scratch' ,<br> prefix      = "Eight",<br> pseudo_dir  = "/...",<br> wfcdir = '...' ,<br> outdir = '/...',<br>
 nstep = 100 ,<br> etot_conv_thr = 1.0E-9 ,<br> forc_conv_thr = 5.0D-5 ,<br> max_seconds = 172800 ,<br> dt = 100 ,<br>/<br>&SYSTEM<br> ibrav = 3, <br> celldm(1)=19.622,<br> nat = 27,<br> ntyp = 3,<br> ecutwfc  = 70.D0,<br>
 ecutrho  = 700.D0,<br> occupations='smearing', <br> smearing='gaussian',<br> degauss=0.02,<br>/<br>&ELECTRONS<br>diagonalization = 'cg',<br> conv_thr   = 1.D-9,<br> mixing_beta = 0.5D0,<br>
/<br>&IONS<br> ion_dynamics = 'damp' ,<br>/<br>&CELL<br>cell_dynamics = 'damp-w',<br>/<br>ATOMIC_SPECIES<br>Al  26.98154 Al.pw91-n-van.UPF  <br>Si  28.0855  Si.pw91-n-van.UPF<br>Ba  137.327  Ba.pw91-nsp-van.UPF<br>
ATOMIC_POSITIONS crystal<br>Al      0.216201457  0.378180997  0.237078143<br>Al      0.034697037  0.023737131  0.761262755<br>Al      0.547173316  0.281036341  0.747383956<br>Al      0.499243974  0.592176706  0.241711510<br>
Al      0.079436185  0.571961647  0.770077147<br>Al      0.696760320  0.247074460  0.186155320<br>Al      0.763858042  0.534829188  0.108400015<br>Si     -0.084375501  0.661831874 -0.052015722<br>Si      0.768579606  0.003812573  0.065138231<br>
Si      0.015665804 -0.146726664  0.029763195<br>Si      0.219167074  0.647981279  0.510896217<br>Si      0.688206047  0.299356062  0.551238353<br>Si      0.813578233  0.574824765  0.373099840<br>Si      0.455287149  0.559729400  0.815079368<br>
Si      0.236709112  0.370770979  0.535759218<br>Si     -0.101920499  0.795055135  0.400098065<br>Si      0.540358072  0.119760142  0.526376973<br>Si      0.817782198  0.005623765  0.511008919<br>Si      0.260966498  0.808368895  0.269851937<br>
Si      0.611991634 -0.079635051  0.839306911<br>Si      0.368449934  0.463356223  0.046445257<br>Si      0.051075029  0.331552898  0.665912314<br>Si      0.416741872  0.793935246 -0.103728118<br>Ba      0.635745128  0.714712066  0.579828902<br>
Ba      0.158096139  0.054209356  0.465675155<br>Ba     -0.077117796  0.267386792 -0.044545628<br>Ba      0.416141346  0.060760806  0.081304511<br>K_POINTS automatic <br>6 6 6 0 0 0 <br><br> <br></div>