ELATE: Elastic tensor analysis

Welcome to ELATE, the online tool for analysis of elastic tensors, developed by Romain Gaillac and François-Xavier Coudert at CNRS / Chimie ParisTech.
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Summary of the properties

Input: stiffness matrix (coefficients in GPa) of CdAu3 (Materials Project id mp-1264)

       125      113      113        0        0        0  
       113      125      113        0        0        0  
       113      113      125        0        0        0  
         0        0        0       26        0        0  
         0        0        0        0       26        0  
         0        0        0        0        0       26

Average properties

Averaging scheme	Bulk modulus	Young's modulus	Shear modulus	Poisson's ratio
Voigt	K_V = 117 GPa	E_V = 51.366 GPa	G_V = 18 GPa	ν_V = 0.42683
Reuss	K_R = 117 GPa	E_R = 32.4 GPa	G_R = 11.143 GPa	ν_R = 0.45385
Hill	K_H = 117 GPa	E_H = 41.972 GPa	G_H = 14.571 GPa	ν_H = 0.44021

Eigenvalues of the stiffness matrix

λ₁	λ₂	λ₃	λ₄	λ₅	λ₆
12 GPa	12 GPa	26 GPa	26 GPa	26 GPa	351 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	17.697 GPa	72.621 GPa	2.849 TPa^–1	2.849 TPa^–1	6 GPa	26 GPa	-0.21359	1.0971	Value
Anisotropy	4.103		1.0000		4.333		∞		Anisotropy
Axis	0.0000 1.0000 0.0000	0.5774 0.5773 -0.5774	0.9659 0.0000 0.2588	0.1294 0.9830 0.1304	0.7071 0.0001 -0.7071	-0.0000 0.0000 1.0000	0.7071 0.0001 -0.7071	0.0000 0.7071 -0.7071	Axis
					-0.7071 -0.0002 -0.7071	-0.5000 0.8660 -0.0000	-0.7071 -0.0002 -0.7071	-1.0000 0.0001 -0.0000	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