I want to learn MD simulation from the basic concept, and then try to learn LAMMPS. lammps manual is a good tutorial but i need something that teach that step by step with examples, anyone can introduce something to me for starting?
Essentials of computational chemistry, Cramer, ISBN 0470091827
Essentials of computational chemistry: theories and models, Ramachandran ISBN 9783540773023
Molecular Modelling: Principles and Applications, Leach, ISBN 978-0582382107
Which can be a good starting point to get into the field of computational chemistry. There are several more alternatives an people can probably provide more examples.
Someone already suggested the LAMMPS tutorials and this seems like an excellent choice since this was the entry-point you where asking for.
Otherwise other free and commercial software packages like GROMACS, AMBER, NAMD and CHARMM all have similar tutorials describing the different softwares as well as implementations and allow you to follow step-by-step guides to set up and run simulations.
The input usually differs, but the general procedures are mostly the same so looking at different software packages can be interesting depending on what applications you are planning for.
If really want to lear basics and theory behind the MD simulations, i would recommend you to code a simple MD program, just to simulate a nobel gas like argon using Lennard Jones potential, or any metallic cluster (copper crystal for example) using Morse potential. I found that "Understanding of Molecular Simulations from Algorithm to Applications" by Frenkel and Smit explains almost every basic algorithm related to MD simulations.
Also there is a classical paper http://journals.aps.org/pr/abstract/10.1103/PhysRev.136.A405
You can find a good lecture note in the 39th IFF Spring School on Soft Matter – From Synthetic to Biological Materials 2008. It's possible to order from
Essentials of computational chemistry, Cramer, ISBN 0470091827
Essentials of computational chemistry: theories and models, Ramachandran ISBN 9783540773023
Molecular Modelling: Principles and Applications, Leach, ISBN 978-0582382107
Which can be a good starting point to get into the field of computational chemistry. There are several more alternatives an people can probably provide more examples.
Someone already suggested the LAMMPS tutorials and this seems like an excellent choice since this was the entry-point you where asking for.
Otherwise other free and commercial software packages like GROMACS, AMBER, NAMD and CHARMM all have similar tutorials describing the different softwares as well as implementations and allow you to follow step-by-step guides to set up and run simulations.
The input usually differs, but the general procedures are mostly the same so looking at different software packages can be interesting depending on what applications you are planning for.
if you want to learn basic concepts of MD simulation start with reading simple books which explains basic concepts of MD, one of the book I referred is Molecular Dynamics Simulation: Elementary Methods by J. M. Haile. Also you can start with reading tutorials of MD program you want to use, you will also find helpful topics in discussion forums/mailing lists on the site of MD program you are interested in. Enjoy MD simulation its fun :-)