ELATE: Elastic tensor analysis

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Summary of the properties

Input: stiffness matrix (coefficients in GPa) of BeSiAs2 (Materials Project id mp-1009087)

       130       47       45        0        0        0  
        47      130       45        0        0        0  
        45       45      128        0        0        0  
         0        0        0       70        0        0  
         0        0        0        0       70        0  
         0        0        0        0        0       68

Average properties

Averaging scheme	Bulk modulus	Young's modulus	Shear modulus	Poisson's ratio
Voigt	K_V = 73.556 GPa	E_V = 138.41 GPa	G_V = 58.333 GPa	ν_V = 0.18638
Reuss	K_R = 73.542 GPa	E_R = 131.86 GPa	G_R = 54.889 GPa	ν_R = 0.20117
Hill	K_H = 73.549 GPa	E_H = 135.16 GPa	G_H = 56.611 GPa	ν_H = 0.19373

Eigenvalues of the stiffness matrix

λ₁	λ₂	λ₃	λ₄	λ₅	λ₆
68 GPa	70 GPa	70 GPa	83 GPa	84.307 GPa	220.69 GPa

Variations of the elastic moduli

	Young's modulus		Linear compressibility		Shear modulus		Poisson's ratio
	E_min	E_max	β_min	β_max	G_min	G_max	ν_min	ν_max
Value	105.12 GPa	158.24 GPa	4.4609 TPa^–1	4.6759 TPa^–1	41.992 GPa	70 GPa	0.0051347	0.35235	Value
Anisotropy	1.505		1.0482		1.667		68.6218		Anisotropy
Axis	0.0000 0.0000 1.0000	0.5774 0.5774 0.5772	1.0000 0.0001 -0.0000	0.0000 0.0000 1.0000	0.7071 -0.0002 0.7071	0.0000 0.0000 1.0000	0.7071 0.0001 -0.7071	0.7261 -0.0002 0.6875	Axis
					0.7071 -0.0006 -0.7071	0.7660 0.6428 -0.0000	-0.7071 -0.0002 -0.7071	0.0001 1.0000 0.0001	Second axis

Spatial dependence of Young's modulus

Young's modulus in (xy) plane

Young's modulus in (xz) plane

Young's modulus in (yz) plane

Spatial dependence of linear compressibility

linear compressibility in (xy) plane

linear compressibility in (xz) plane

linear compressibility in (yz) plane

Spatial dependence of shear modulus

Shear modulus in (xy) plane

Shear modulus in (xz) plane

Shear modulus in (yz) plane

Spatial dependence of Poisson's ratio

Poisson's ratio in (xy) plane

Poisson's ratio in (xz) plane

Poisson's ratio in (yz) plane