Electrostatic pressure consistency

testsuite/python/CMakeLists.txt

@@ -167,6 +167,7 @@ python_test(FILE lb_boundary.py MAX_NUM_PROC 2)
 python_test(FILE lb_streaming.py MAX_NUM_PROC 4)
 python_test(FILE lb_shear.py MAX_NUM_PROC 2)
 python_test(FILE lb_thermostat.py MAX_NUM_PROC 2)
+python_test(FILE p3m_electrostatic_pressure.py MAX_NUM_PROC 2)
 
 if(PY_H5PY)
   python_test(FILE h5md.py MAX_NUM_PROC 2)

testsuite/python/p3m_electrostatic_pressure.py

@@ -0,0 +1,101 @@
+#
+# Copyright (C) 2013-2018 The ESPResSo project
+#
+# This file is part of ESPResSo.
+#
+# ESPResSo is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+# the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+# (at your option) any later version.
+#
+# ESPResSo is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+# GNU General Public License for more details.
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+# along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+#
+from __future__ import print_function
+import unittest as ut
+import numpy as np
+
+import espressomd
+from espressomd import electrostatics
+import tests_common
+import numpy.testing as npt
+
+
+@ut.skipIf(not espressomd.has_features(["ELECTROSTATICS"]),
+           "Features not available, skipping test!")
+class ElectrostaticInteractionsTests(ut.TestCase):
+    # Handle to espresso system
+    system = espressomd.System(box_l=[50, 50, 50])
+
+    def setUp(self):
+        self.system.time_step = 0.01
+        self.kT = 0.5
+        self.system.thermostat.set_langevin(kT=self.kT, gamma=1.0)
+        self.system.seed = 1
+        self.system.non_bonded_inter[0, 0].lennard_jones.set_params(
+            epsilon=1.0, sigma=1.0, cutoff=2**(1.0/6.0), shift="auto")
+        num_part = 40
+        mass = 1
+        np.random.seed(seed=1)
+
+        for i in range(num_part):
+            self.system.part.add(pos=np.random.random(
+                3) * self.system.box_l, q=1,  v=np.sqrt(self.kT/mass)*np.random.normal(loc=[0, 0, 0]))
+            self.system.part.add(pos=np.random.random(
+                3) * self.system.box_l, q=-1, v=np.sqrt(self.kT/mass)*np.random.normal(loc=[0, 0, 0]))
+
+    def pressure_via_volume_scaling(self, system, kbT, list_of_previous_values):
+        # taken from "Efficient pressure estimation in molecular simulations without evaluating the virial"
+        # only works so far for isotropic volume changes, i.e. the isotropic pressure
+        energy = system.analysis.energy()
+        Epot_old = energy["total"]-energy["kinetic"]
+        old_box_lengths = system.box_l
+        old_volume = np.prod(old_box_lengths)
+        dV_div_old_volume = 0.001
+        dV = -dV_div_old_volume*old_volume
+        new_volume = old_volume+dV
+        new_box_l = (new_volume)**(1./3.)
+        system.change_volume_and_rescale_particles(new_box_l, "xyz")
+        system.integrator.run(0)
+        energy = system.analysis.energy()
+        Epot_new = energy["total"]-energy["kinetic"]
+        system.change_volume_and_rescale_particles(old_box_lengths[0], "xyz")
+        system.integrator.run(0)
+        DeltaEpot = Epot_new-Epot_old
+        particle_number = len(system.part[:].id)
+        current_value = (new_volume/old_volume)**particle_number * \
+            np.exp(-DeltaEpot/kbT)
+        list_of_previous_values.append(current_value)
+        average_value = np.mean(list_of_previous_values)
+
+        pressure = kbT/dV*np.log(average_value)
+        return pressure
+
+    def test_p3m_pressure(self):
+        pressures_via_virial = []
+        pressures_via_volume_scaling = []
+        p3m = electrostatics.P3M(prefactor=2.0, accuracy=1e-3)
+        self.system.actors.add(p3m)
+        num_samples = 100
+        pressure_via_volume_scaling = np.nan
+        for i in range(num_samples):
+            self.system.integrator.run(100)
+            pressures_via_virial.append(
+                self.system.analysis.pressure()['total'])
+            pressure_via_volume_scaling = self.pressure_via_volume_scaling(
+                self.system, self.kT, pressures_via_volume_scaling)
+        pressure_virial = np.mean(pressures_via_virial)
+        ratio_pressure_virial_pressure_volume_scaling = pressure_via_volume_scaling / \
+            pressure_virial  # should be 1 ideally
+        npt.assert_almost_equal(
+            ratio_pressure_virial_pressure_volume_scaling, 1.0, decimal=2)
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    print("Features: ", espressomd.features())
+    ut.main()