A Calculation Approach to Elastic Constants of Crystallines
at High Pressure and Finite Temperature
XIANG Shi-Kai1, CAI Ling-Cang1, ZHANG Lin1, JING Fu-Qian1,2
1Laboratory for Shock Wave and Detonation Physics Research, Southwest Institute of Fluid Physics, PO Box 919-111, Mianyang 621900
2Institute of Physics, Southwest Jiaotong University, Chengdu 610031
A Calculation Approach to Elastic Constants of Crystallines
at High Pressure and Finite Temperature
1Laboratory for Shock Wave and Detonation Physics Research, Southwest Institute of Fluid Physics, PO Box 919-111, Mianyang 621900
2Institute of Physics, Southwest Jiaotong University, Chengdu 610031
Abstract： Elastic constants of Na and Li metals are calculated successfully for temperature up to 350 K and pressure up to 30 GPa using a scheme without involving any adjustable parameter. Elastic constants are assumed to depend only on an effective pair potential that is only determined by the average interatomic distance. Temperature has an effect on elastic constants by way of charging the equilibrium. The elastic constants can be obtained by fitting the relationship between total energy and strain tensor using the new set of lattice parameters obtained by calculating displacement of atoms at the finite temperature and at a fixed pressure. The relationship between effective pair potential and the interatomic distance is fitted by using a series of data of cohesive energy corresponding to lattice parameters.
XIANG Shi-Kai;CAI Ling-Cang;ZHANG Lin;JING Fu-Qian;. A Calculation Approach to Elastic Constants of Crystallines
at High Pressure and Finite Temperature[J]. 中国物理快报, 2002, 19(9): 1319-1321.
XIANG Shi-Kai, CAI Ling-Cang, ZHANG Lin, JING Fu-Qian,. A Calculation Approach to Elastic Constants of Crystallines
at High Pressure and Finite Temperature. Chin. Phys. Lett., 2002, 19(9): 1319-1321.
2002, Vol. 19 
