An improved method, based on an extension of the self-consistent method from the linear theory, is proposed to evaluate the effective third-order elastic constants for isotropic aggregates of cubic crystals. The calculated constants are compared with the Voigt and Reuss-type estimates, which are currently the only other analytical estimates available for these constants. The agreement between c...

Background: There has been little discussion of the third-order elastic constants of steels in the literature until now. In this study, the precise secondand third-order elastic constants of polycrystalline steels were measured under adiabatic and isothermal conditions. Method: Tomeasure theminute change in the propagation time of the elastic wave corresponding to the tensile stress, the unifor...

Motivated by interest in the elastic properties of high-strength amorphous metals, we examine the elastic properties of select crystalline phases. Using first-principles methods, we calculate elastic moduli in various chemical systems containing transition metals, specifically early (Ta,W) and late (Co,Ni). Theoretically predicted alloy elastic properties are verified for Ni-Ta by comparison wi...

The technique of high resolution Brillouin spectroscopy has been used to determine accurately the hydrostatic pressure dependence of the elastic constants of ice Ih in the full pressure range of phase stability 0 2.8 kbar. The percentage changes in the adiabatic elastic constants c,,, cI2. cI3, cS3, c,, and bulk modulus, over the pressure range, are 3.0, 7.2, 8.4, 2.8, -1.5 and 5.6 percent per ...