ELATE: Elastic tensor analysis

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Summary of the properties

Input: stiffness matrix (coefficients in GPa) of CrNi2 (Materials Project id mp-784631)

       325      176      194        0        0        0  
       176      429       84        0        0        0  
       194       84      394        0        0        0  
         0        0        0       65        0        0  
         0        0        0        0      155        0  
         0        0        0        0        0      165

Average properties

Averaging scheme	Bulk modulus	Young's modulus	Shear modulus	Poisson's ratio
Voigt	K_V = 228.44 GPa	E_V = 313.43 GPa	G_V = 123.27 GPa	ν_V = 0.27133
Reuss	K_R = 228.26 GPa	E_R = 266.37 GPa	G_R = 102.02 GPa	ν_R = 0.30551
Hill	K_H = 228.35 GPa	E_H = 290.21 GPa	G_H = 112.64 GPa	ν_H = 0.28819

Eigenvalues of the stiffness matrix

λ₁	λ₂	λ₃	λ₄	λ₅	λ₆
65 GPa	132.9 GPa	155 GPa	165 GPa	329.55 GPa	685.54 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	177.76 GPa	401.34 GPa	1.3482 TPa^–1	1.5603 TPa^–1	65 GPa	163.83 GPa	-0.054992	0.6311	Value
Anisotropy	2.258		1.1574		2.52		∞		Anisotropy
Axis	0.0000 0.6837 0.7298	0.5452 0.8383 0.0000	1.0000 0.0000 0.0000	0.0000 0.0000 1.0000	-0.0000 -0.0000 1.0000	0.2172 0.7071 0.6729	0.7074 0.5240 -0.4744	0.0000 0.0000 1.0000	Axis
					-0.0000 1.0000 0.0000	-0.2171 0.7071 -0.6729	-0.7069 0.5218 -0.4776	1.0000 0.0000 -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