.. index:: dihedral_style quadratic
.. index:: dihedral_style quadratic/omp

dihedral_style quadratic command
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Accelerator Variants: *quadratic/omp*

Syntax
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.. code-block:: LAMMPS

   dihedral_style quadratic

Examples
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.. code-block:: LAMMPS

   dihedral_style quadratic
   dihedral_coeff 100.0 80.0

Description
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The *quadratic* dihedral style uses the potential:

.. math::

   E = K (\phi - \phi_0)^2

This dihedral potential can be used to keep a dihedral in a predefined
value (cis=zero, right-hand convention is used).

The following coefficients must be defined for each dihedral type via
the :doc:`dihedral_coeff <dihedral_coeff>` command as in the example
above, or in the data file or restart files read by the
:doc:`read_data <read_data>` or :doc:`read_restart <read_restart>`
commands:

* :math:`K` (energy)
* :math:`\phi_0` (degrees)

:math:`\phi_0` is specified in degrees, but LAMMPS converts it to
radians internally; hence :math:`K` is effectively energy per
radian\^2.

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.. include:: accel_styles.rst

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Restrictions
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This angle style can only be used if LAMMPS was built with the
USER_MISC package.  See the :doc:`Build package <Build_package>` doc
page for more info.

Related commands
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:doc:`dihedral_coeff <dihedral_coeff>`

Default
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none
