[Pw_forum] Young's Modulus

[Stefano Baroni]

For that, also LRT akkows one to know what one is doing ... ;-)
SB

On Sep 22, 2010, at 7:30 PM, Mehmet Topsakal wrote:

> Dear Eyvaz,
> 
> I think you omitted one more thing to mention. Brute-force method also allows one to know what he is doing.
> 
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> 
> On Wed, Sep 22, 2010 at 8:14 PM, Eyvaz Isaev <eyvaz_isaev at yahoo.com> wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> Yes, you are right about Abinit for elastic constants calculations. The main question is which method (Abinit or via total energy) is easier 
> and less time-consuming. 
> 
> Bests, 
> Eyvaz.
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> Prof. Eyvaz Isaev, 
> Department of Physics, Chemistry, and Biology (IFM), Linkoping University, Sweden 
> Theoretical Physics Department, Moscow State Institute of Steel & Alloys, Russia, 
> isaev at ifm.liu.se, eyvaz_isaev at yahoo.com
> 
> 
> From: mohsen modaresi <modaresi.mohsen at gmail.com>
> To: PWSCF Forum <pw_forum at pwscf.org>
> Sent: Wed, September 22, 2010 5:45:14 PM
> Subject: Re: [Pw_forum] Young's Modulus
> 
> Dear Stefano, Eyvaz and Mike,
> Thanks for your reply. I follow this procedure and get Young's Modulus for CNT (3,3):
> 1) relax the structure.
> 2) compressed the structure in Z direction (parallel to the axis of nanotube) and calculate "Force" between atoms and then calculate the Young's Modulus by using it's definition (  E=(F/A)/((L-L0)/L0)  ). The result has "good" agreement with reported one. 
> But one of my friend work with Abinit. Abinit can calculate elastic constant in a systematic way.
> Dr. Eyvaz Isaev thanks for the link.
> 
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> 
> On Tue, Sep 21, 2010 at 5:09 PM, Mike Mehl <Michael.Mehl at nrl.navy.mil> wrote:
> We've changed the link slightly.  It's now:
> 
> http://cst-www.nrl.navy.mil/users/mehl/papers/cij453.pdf>
> 
> On 09/21/2010 08:44 AM, Eyvaz Isaev wrote:
> >
> > ------------------------------------------------------------------------
> > *From:* mohsen modaresi <modaresi.mohsen at gmail.com>
> 
> > See papers: Mehl et al., PhysRev.B 41, 10311, 1990 and Mehl et al, in
> > Intermetallic Compounds: Principles and Practice, vol.1, Principles,
> > J.H. Wesbrook and R.L. Fleischer, eds, John Wiley and Sons (London,
> > 1995), ch.9 (pp. 195-210).
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