Calculations of the elastic constants of crystals as functions of pressure with applications to quartz and cristobalite

Assuming that its deformation is both static and homogeneous, a method was devised within the framework of finite strain theory to calculate the elastic constants of a crystal at zero pressure as well as functions of pressure. As this method can be used for a crystal of any symmetry with a variety o...

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Main Author: Zhao, Hui
Other Authors: Geological Sciences
Format: Others
Language:en
Published: Virginia Tech 2014
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10919/43689
http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-07112009-040508/