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Overview

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Exercises: 0 min

Questions

• Where can I get further information about LAMMPS?

• Where can I find out more about ARCHER2?

Objectives

• Be aware of the available LAMMPS documentation.

• Be aware of what other training is available through the ARCHER2 program.

LAMMPS resources

The LAMMPS manual is, in my opinion, a very well written manual with a lot of information about the various functionalities of LAMMPS. It is my go-to when I want to learn how to run a LAMMPS command, or when I want to understand how LAMMPS implements a specific functionality.

In this manual, there is a handy How-to section. You can find a number of tutorials in there for understanding and running various simulations.

The LAMMPS example scripts that come with the source code are an excellent source of inspiration and a great starting point for testing ideas. When I want to understand how to use a function, I will check whether there is an exercise that uses said function and use that as a template to get my system to work.

Finally, there is the LAMMPS mailing list. You can post questions to this list to have them answered by other members of the LAMMPS community and by the LAMMPS developers. A lot of repeat questions get asked there, so before you post your question, have a look through the records to check that someone has not already asked it.

ARCHER2 resources

If you attended the live course, you will retain access to your ta181 account (with a small amount of budget) for a few weeks following the course. This is to allow you to make sure that you understood all of the course materials, and have an opportunity to run any of the exercise simulations that you did not have time to complete in the training lesson. This is also to let you test out your own simulations on ARCHER2.

If you have any questions about using ARCHER2, the first port of call is the ARCHER2 manual. This manual covers a number of aspects of using ARCHER2, from the more simple “How to I get a program to run”, to the more complex “How can I debug my software efficiently on a supercomputer”.

If you cannot find the answer to your question, please contact the ARCHER2 support team by email at support@archer2.ac.uk.

ARCHER2 Training

There is lots of training material available through the ARCHER2 service covering many different topics and to suit many different levels of experience.

Details of courses, the upcoming schedule and information on how to register can be found in the ARCHER2 training pages.

You can also find course material (and sometimes recordings) for previous ARCHER2 courses in the ARCHER2 course repository

Key Points

• The LAMMPS manual is very easy to understand and provides a number of useful resources for learning about LAMMPS.

• You will retain access to ARCHER2 for a while – please make use of it to test LAMMPS more.

• You can get access to ARCHER2 resources via a number of different routes.