ELATE: Elastic tensor analysis

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Summary of the properties

Input: stiffness matrix (coefficients in GPa) of TaSi2 (Materials Project id mp-11192)

       356       79       86        0        0        0  
        79      356       86        0        0        0  
        86       86      455        0        0        0  
         0        0        0      135        0        0  
         0        0        0        0      135        0  
         0        0        0        0        0      139

Average properties

Averaging scheme	Bulk modulus	Young's modulus	Shear modulus	Poisson's ratio
Voigt	K_V = 185.44 GPa	E_V = 341.02 GPa	G_V = 142.87 GPa	ν_V = 0.19351
Reuss	K_R = 182.95 GPa	E_R = 337.72 GPa	G_R = 141.62 GPa	ν_R = 0.19233
Hill	K_H = 184.2 GPa	E_H = 339.37 GPa	G_H = 142.24 GPa	ν_H = 0.19292

Eigenvalues of the stiffness matrix

λ₁	λ₂	λ₃	λ₄	λ₅	λ₆
135 GPa	135 GPa	139 GPa	277 GPa	322.97 GPa	567.03 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	324.6 GPa	421 GPa	1.4361 TPa^–1	2.0149 TPa^–1	135 GPa	157.35 GPa	0.1541	0.24952	Value
Anisotropy	1.297		1.4030		1.166		1.6192		Anisotropy
Axis	0.0000 0.9063 0.4227	0.0000 0.0000 1.0000	0.0000 0.0000 1.0000	0.3827 0.9239 0.0000	0.0000 0.0000 1.0000	0.5000 0.5000 0.7071	1.0000 -0.0004 -0.0000	-0.4443 0.4444 -0.7779	Axis
					0.1736 0.9848 -0.0000	0.5000 0.5000 -0.7071	-0.0000 -0.0003 -1.0000	-0.5500 0.5501 0.6284	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