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If the only nonzero strain is <math>\epsilon_{11}</math>, then the streain energy becomes <math>W = C_{11} \epsilon^2 /2</math>.
If the only nonzero strain is <math>\epsilon_{11}</math>, then the streain energy per volume
becomes <math>W = C_{11} \epsilon^2 /2</math>.
We can determine <math>C_{11}</math> by fitting <math>W(\epsilon_{11})</math> to a parabola as shown in Fig.2(a).
We can determine <math>C_{11}</math> by fitting <math>W(\epsilon_{11})</math> to a parabola as shown in Fig.2(a).
The elastic constnat <math>C_{44}</math> can be determined in a similar way as shown in Fig.2(b).
The elastic constnat <math>C_{44}</math> can be determined in a similar way as shown in Fig.2(b).

Revision as of 01:15, 29 November 2007

Manual 07 for MD++
Calculating Elastic Constants

Keonwook Kang and Wei Cai

Nov 28 , 2007


Elastic constants are physical properties of crystals to relate the mechanical response to the material deformation (i.e. stress and strain) within elastic regime. To calculate the elastic constants is one simple way of validating a potential model. There are two methods to compute elastic constants: one is to monitor (Virial) stress and the other is to monitor strain energy as a function of the applied strain. Conceptually, the two approaches are equivalent except that stress is a linear function of strain and the strain energy is a quadratic function of strain. In this manual, both methods will be explained to get three independent elastic constants(Failed to parse (SVG (MathML can be enabled via browser plugin): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle C_{11}} , and ) for the cubic crystal materials, e.g. silicon.


Using Virial Stress

If Virial stress is available to compute, the task of obtaining elastic constants is relatively easy. In crystals with cubic symmetry, there are three independent elastic constants: , and Failed to parse (SVG (MathML can be enabled via browser plugin): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle C_{44}} . Failed to parse (SVG (MathML can be enabled via browser plugin): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle C_{11}} is the proportional constant between the stress Failed to parse (SVG (MathML can be enabled via browser plugin): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle \sigma_{11}} and the strain Failed to parse (SVG (MathML can be enabled via browser plugin): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle \epsilon_{11}} , and Failed to parse (SVG (MathML can be enabled via browser plugin): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle C_{12}} is the proportional constant between the stress Failed to parse (SVG (MathML can be enabled via browser plugin): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle \sigma_{22}} and the strain Failed to parse (SVG (MathML can be enabled via browser plugin): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle \epsilon_{11}} . We can get Failed to parse (SVG (MathML can be enabled via browser plugin): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle C_{11}} and Failed to parse (SVG (MathML can be enabled via browser plugin): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle C_{12}} from one simulation by applying strain Failed to parse (SVG (MathML can be enabled via browser plugin): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle \epsilon_{11}} and monitoring two components of stress Failed to parse (SVG (MathML can be enabled via browser plugin): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle \sigma_{11}} and Failed to parse (SVG (MathML can be enabled via browser plugin): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle \sigma_{22}} . MD++ script si_elastic.script is given below. 

# -*-shell-script-*-
# Calculate Elastic Constants of Si
# setnolog
setoverwrite
dirname = ~/Codes/MD++/runs/si_elastconst
#--------------------------------------------
#Create Perfect Lattice Configuration
crystalstructure = diamond-cubic
latticeconst = 5.430953e+00 #(A) for Si
latticesize = [     1    0    0     3
                    0    1    0     3
                    0    0    1     3]
makecrystal
#-------------------------------------------------------------
#Conjugate-Gradient relaxation
conj_ftol = 1e-4 conj_itmax = 1000 conj_fevalmax = 1000
conj_fixbox = 1
eval relax eval finalcnfile = relaxed.cn writecn
#-------------------------------------------------------------
conj_fixbox = 1 #conj_monitor = 1 conj_summary = 1
input = [ 1 1 0.001 ] shiftbox relax eval
input = [ 1 1 9.99000999000999e-04 ] shiftbox relax eval
input = [ 1 1 9.98003992015968e-04 ] shiftbox relax eval
input = [ 1 1 9.97008973080758e-04 ] shiftbox relax eval
input = [ 1 1 9.96015936254980e-04 ] shiftbox relax eval
quit

You can run the script by typing 

$ bin/sw gpp scripts/si elastic.script

The above script first generates a 3 × 3 × 3 perfect diamond cubic structure of Si. It then applies tensile strain in increments of 0.1% along [100] direction by the command shiftbox, and calculate the corresponding Virial stress at each strained state by the command eval. From the log file, the stress components Failed to parse (SVG (MathML can be enabled via browser plugin): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle \sigma_{11}} and Failed to parse (SVG (MathML can be enabled via browser plugin): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle \sigma_{22}} can be obtained and plotted as a function of the applied strain Failed to parse (SVG (MathML can be enabled via browser plugin): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle \epsilon_{11}} . Fig. 1(a) plots the result from running the script with Stillinger-Weber(SW) potential. The slopes of these lines give Failed to parse (SVG (MathML can be enabled via browser plugin): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle C_{11}=} 160.6 (GPa) and Failed to parse (SVG (MathML can be enabled via browser plugin): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle C_{12}=} 80.5 (GPa).

To compute Failed to parse (SVG (MathML can be enabled via browser plugin): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle C_{44}} , which is the proportional constant between Failed to parse (SVG (MathML can be enabled via browser plugin): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle \sigma_{12}} and Failed to parse (SVG (MathML can be enabled via browser plugin): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle \epsilon_{12}} , we can simply insert the following lines before quit in the above script. 

incnfile = relaxed.cn readcn
input = [ 1 2 0.001 ] shiftbox relax eval
input = [ 1 2 0.001 ] shiftbox relax eval
input = [ 1 2 0.001 ] shiftbox relax eval
input = [ 1 2 0.001 ] shiftbox relax eval
input = [ 1 2 0.001 ] shiftbox relax eval

These commands shear the crystal in increments of Failed to parse (SVG (MathML can be enabled via browser plugin): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle \epsilon_{12}=} 0.1%. Again, from the log file, the stress component Failed to parse (SVG (MathML can be enabled via browser plugin): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle \sigma_{12}} can be obtained and plotted as a function of the applied strain. The result from SW potential is plotted in Fig. 1(b), from which we obtain Failed to parse (SVG (MathML can be enabled via browser plugin): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle C_{44}=} 60.2(GPa). The values for C11 , C12 , and C44 obtained here are consistent with the original paper.[1]

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    (a)

  • (b)

    (b)

Using the potential energy

Sometimes, the simulation code does not implement the Virial stress calculation. In ab initio simulations, the Virial stress is usually not very accurate. In these cases, we can compute the elastic constants by monitoring the potential energy of the system, because the strain energy density Failed to parse (SVG (MathML can be enabled via browser plugin): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle W} is defined as

Failed to parse (SVG (MathML can be enabled via browser plugin): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle W = \frac{1}{2}\sigma_{ij}\epsilon_{ij} = \frac{1}{2}\epsilon_{ij} C_{ijkl} \epsilon_{kl}} .

If the only nonzero strain is Failed to parse (SVG (MathML can be enabled via browser plugin): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle \epsilon_{11}} , then the streain energy per volume becomes Failed to parse (SVG (MathML can be enabled via browser plugin): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle W = C_{11} \epsilon^2 /2} . We can determine Failed to parse (SVG (MathML can be enabled via browser plugin): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle C_{11}} by fitting Failed to parse (SVG (MathML can be enabled via browser plugin): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle W(\epsilon_{11})} to a parabola as shown in Fig.2(a). The elastic constnat Failed to parse (SVG (MathML can be enabled via browser plugin): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle C_{44}} can be determined in a similar way as shown in Fig.2(b). The elastic constants obtained in this way are Failed to parse (SVG (MathML can be enabled via browser plugin): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle C_{11}=} 160.5(GPa) and Failed to parse (SVG (MathML can be enabled via browser plugin): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle C_{44}=} 60.2(GPa), which are almost the same as the results obtained by using Virial stress.

The elastic constant Failed to parse (SVG (MathML can be enabled via browser plugin): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle C_{12}} is easily determined by the elastic relation

Failed to parse (SVG (MathML can be enabled via browser plugin): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle B = \frac{1}{2}(C_{11} + 2C_{12}) }

where Failed to parse (SVG (MathML can be enabled via browser plugin): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle B} is the bulk modulus, which we have already calculated in the manual 03. Since the bulk modulus of silicon is 108.3 (GPa) with SW potential, the elastic constant Failed to parse (SVG (MathML can be enabled via browser plugin): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle C_{12}} is

Failed to parse (SVG (MathML can be enabled via browser plugin): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle C_{12} = \frac{1}{2}(3B - C_{11}) = 82.2 } (GPa)


  • Fig.2
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    (a)

  • (b)

    (b)

Finding shear elastic constant for a non-tilting simulation cell

In the above sections, we compute Failed to parse (SVG (MathML can be enabled via browser plugin): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle C_{44}} by shearing the simulation cell. The simulation cell was rectangular before the shear, but becomes tilted after the shear. However, sometimes a simulation code allows to use only a rectangular simulation box and we can not tilt the box at all. In this case, how can we find the shear elastic constant Failed to parse (SVG (MathML can be enabled via browser plugin): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle C_{44}} ? Notice that Failed to parse (SVG (MathML can be enabled via browser plugin): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle C_{11}} and Failed to parse (SVG (MathML can be enabled via browser plugin): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle C_{12}} can be always obtained with a rectangular cell, when the repeat vectors of the cell are aligned with the cubic axes of the crystal. With Failed to parse (SVG (MathML can be enabled via browser plugin): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle C_{11}} and Failed to parse (SVG (MathML can be enabled via browser plugin): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle C_{12}} C12 known, we can determine Failed to parse (SVG (MathML can be enabled via browser plugin): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle C_{44}} using the orthogonal transformation rule for the 4th order tensor. When the repeat vectors are not aligned with the cubic axes, we should be able to compute linear combination of Failed to parse (SVG (MathML can be enabled via browser plugin): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle C_{11}} , Failed to parse (SVG (MathML can be enabled via browser plugin): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle C_{12}} and Failed to parse (SVG (MathML can be enabled via browser plugin): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle C_{44}} while keeping the simulation cell rectangular. Remember that Failed to parse (SVG (MathML can be enabled via browser plugin): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle C_{11}} , Failed to parse (SVG (MathML can be enabled via browser plugin): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle C_{12}} and Failed to parse (SVG (MathML can be enabled via browser plugin): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle C_{44}} are components of a 4th order tensor which transforms as

Failed to parse (SVG (MathML can be enabled via browser plugin): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle C_{ijkl} = T_{mi} T_{nj} T_{sk} T_{tl} C_{mnst} }

where Failed to parse (SVG (MathML can be enabled via browser plugin): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle T_{ij} = \mathbf{e}_i \cdot \mathbf{e}'_j} is relation between two coordinate systems {Failed to parse (SVG (MathML can be enabled via browser plugin): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle \mathbf{e}_i} } and {Failed to parse (SVG (MathML can be enabled via browser plugin): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle \mathbf{e}'_j} }.

For example, if we have one coordinate system Failed to parse (SVG (MathML can be enabled via browser plugin): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle \mathbf{e}_1} = [1 0 0], Failed to parse (SVG (MathML can be enabled via browser plugin): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle \mathbf{e}_2} = [0 1 0] and Failed to parse (SVG (MathML can be enabled via browser plugin): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle \mathbf{e}_3} = [0 0 1], and another coordinate system Failed to parse (SVG (MathML can be enabled via browser plugin): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle \mathbf{e}'_1} = [1 1 0]/ \sqrt{2}, Failed to parse (SVG (MathML can be enabled via browser plugin): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle \mathbf{e}'_2} = [−1 1 0]/ \sqrt{2} and Failed to parse (SVG (MathML can be enabled via browser plugin): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle \mathbf{e}'_3} = [0 0 1], then the matrix [T] is

Failed to parse (SVG (MathML can be enabled via browser plugin): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle [T] = \begin{pmatrix} 1/\sqrt{2} & -1/\sqrt{2} & 0 \\ 1/\sqrt{2} & 1/\sqrt{2} & 0 \\ 0 & 0 & 1 \end{pmatrix}}

In particular,

Failed to parse (SVG (MathML can be enabled via browser plugin): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle \begin{align} C_{1111} &= T_{m1} T_{n1} T_{s1} T_{t1} C_{mnst} \\ &= \sum_{i=1}^3 T_{i1} T_{i1} T_{i1} T_{i1} C_{11} \\ & + 2(T_{11}T_{11}T_{21}T_{21} + T_{11}T_{11}T_{31}T_{31} + T_{21}T_{21}T_{31}T_{31})C_{12} \\ & + 4(T_{21}T_{31}T_{21}T_{31} + T_{11}T_{31}T_{11}T_{31} + T_{11}T_{21}T_{11}T_{21})C_{44}. \end{align}}

Suppose we create a perfect crystal such that x, y, and z axes of the simulation cell are aligned with Failed to parse (SVG (MathML can be enabled via browser plugin): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle \mathbf{e}'_1} , Failed to parse (SVG (MathML can be enabled via browser plugin): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle \mathbf{e}'_2} and Failed to parse (SVG (MathML can be enabled via browser plugin): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle \mathbf{e}'_3} . Then by straining the crystal along x axis, we can obtain <maht>C'_{1111}</math> = 180.4 (GPa) using the SW potential. Given Failed to parse (SVG (MathML can be enabled via browser plugin): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle C_{11}} = 160.6, Failed to parse (SVG (MathML can be enabled via browser plugin): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle C_{12}} = 80.5, the matlab script below gives Failed to parse (SVG (MathML can be enabled via browser plugin): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle C_{44}} = 59.9(GPa) for silicon. 

% With given C11, C12, and C1111’, find C44 in cubic materials.
% C11, C12, and C44 are the elastic constants in Cartesian
% coordinate system.
% C1111’ is the elastic constant in the new coordinate.

syms C11 C12 C44
C11n = 160.6; C12n = 80.5; C44n = 60.2;
C1111prime = 180.40;
xyz0 = [ 1 0 0; % original coordinate
         0 1 0;
         0 0 1 ];
xyz1 = [ 1 1 0; % new coordinate
        -1 1 0;
         0 0 1 ];
T = zeros(3,3);
for i=1:3
    for j=1:3
        T(i,j) = dot(xyz0(i,:),xyz1(j,:)/norm(xyz1(j,:)));
    end
end

p=1; q=1; r=1; s=1;
A = T(1,p)*T(1,q)*T(1,r)*T(1,s) + T(2,p)*T(2,q)*T(2,r)*T(2,s) + ...
                                  T(3,p)*T(3,q)*T(3,r)*T(3,s);
B = T(1,p)*T(1,q)*T(2,r)*T(2,s) + T(1,p)*T(1,q)*T(3,r)*T(3,s) + ...
                                  T(2,p)*T(2,q)*T(3,r)*T(3,s);
C = T(2,p)*T(3,q)*T(2,r)*T(3,s) + T(1,p)*T(3,q)*T(1,r)*T(3,s) + ...
                                  T(1,p)*T(2,q)*T(1,r)*T(2,s);
CC = A*C11 + 2*B*C12 + 4*C*C44;
cc = subs(CC, C11, C11n); cc = subs(cc, C12, C12n);

disp(sprintf(’C44 = %f’,double(solve(cc-C1111prime,C44))))

Notes

  1. ↑ H. Balamane, T. Halicioglu, and W. A. Tiler, PRB 46 2250-2279
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