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	<H3>bond_style nonlinear command
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	<P><B>Syntax:</B>
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	<PRE>bond_style nonlinear
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	<P><B>Examples:</B>
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	<PRE>bond_style nonlinear
	bond_coeff 2 100.0 1.1 1.4
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	<P><B>Description:</B>
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	<P>The <I>nonlinear</I> bond style uses the potential
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	<P>to define an anharmonic spring <A HREF = "#Rector">(Rector)</A> of equilibrium
	length r0 and maximum extension lamda.
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	<P>The following coefficients must be defined for each bond type via the
	<A HREF = "bond_coeff.html">bond_coeff</A> command as in the example above, or in
	the data file or restart files read by the <A HREF = "read_data.html">read_data</A>
	or <A HREF = "read_restart.html">read_restart</A> commands:
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	<UL><LI>epsilon (energy)
	<LI>r0 (distance)
	<LI>lamda (distance)
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	<P><B>Restrictions:</B> none
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	<P><B>Related commands:</B>
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	<P><A HREF = "bond_coeff.html">bond_coeff</A>, <A HREF = "delete_bonds.html">delete_bonds</A>
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	<P><B>Default:</B> none
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	<P><B>(Rector)</B> Rector, Van Swol, Henderson, Molecular Physics, 82, 1009 (1994).
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