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<span id="index-0"></span><h1>improper_style distance command</h1>
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<h2>Syntax</h2>
<p>improper_style distance</p>
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improper_style distance
improper_coeff 1 80.0 100.0
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<p>The <em>distance</em> improper style uses the potential</p>
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<p>where d is the distance between the central atom and the plane formed
by the other three atoms. If the 4 atoms in an improper quadruplet
(listed in the data file read by the <a class="reference internal" href="read_data.html"><span class="doc">read_data</span></a>
command) are ordered I,J,K,L then the I-atom is assumed to be the
central atom.</p>
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<p>Note that defining 4 atoms to interact in this way, does not mean that
bonds necessarily exist between I-J, J-K, or K-L, as they would in a
linear dihedral. Normally, the bonds I-J, I-K, I-L would exist for an
improper to be defined between the 4 atoms.</p>
<p>The following coefficients must be defined for each improper type via
the improper_coeff command as in the example above, or in the data
file or restart files read by the read_data or read_restart commands:</p>
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<li>K_2 (energy/distance^2)</li>
<li>K_4 (energy/distance^4)</li>
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<h2>Restrictions</h2>
<p>This improper style can only be used if LAMMPS was built with the
USER-MISC package. See the <a class="reference internal" href="Section_start.html#start-3"><span class="std std-ref">Making LAMMPS</span></a>
section for more info on packages.</p>
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<h2>Related commands</h2>
<p><a class="reference internal" href="improper_coeff.html"><span class="doc">improper_coeff</span></a></p>
<p><strong>Default:</strong> none</p>
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