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A first-principles method is presented to calculate elastic constants up to the fourth order of crystals with the cubic and hexagonal symmetries. The method relies on the numerical differentiation of the second Piola-Kirchhoff stress tensor…
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An acoustic wave equation for pressure accounting for viscoelastic attenuation is derived from viscoelastic equations of motion. It differs significantly from the equations proposed by Szabo. Dispersion and attenuation associated with the…
We present a phenomenological approach to dispersion in nonlinear elasticity. A simple, thermomechanically sound, constitutive model is proposed to describe the (non-dissipative) properties of a hyperelastic dispersive solid, without…
We develop a fourth order accurate finite difference method for the three dimensional elastic wave equation in isotropic media with the piecewise smooth material property. In our model, the material property can be discontinuous at curved…
Acoustoelastic theory has been widely used to evaluate the residual stress (or prestress). However, most of the research remains focused on plate under simple tensile stress condition. In this paper, we propose a new approach: using weak…
In the present work, the elastic constants and derived properties of tetragonal and cubic Heusler compounds were calculated using the high accuracy of the full-potential linearized augmented plane wave (FPLAPW). To find the criteria…
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