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Determination of the Single Crystal Elastic Constants by Diffraction from a Cubic Polycrystal

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Author(s)

Roland deWit

Abstract

Using the theory of statistical continuum mechanics, closed expressions are derived for the diffraction elastic constants of a cubic polycrystal that is statistically homogeneous, isotropic, and disordered. By measuring these constants for several diffracting planes of a single polycrystal, the single crystal elastic constants are determined.
Citation
NIST Interagency/Internal Report (NISTIR) - 6944
Report Number
6944

Keywords

Continuum mechanics, cubic, diffraction, disordered, effective properties, elastic constants, homogeneous, isotropic, polycrystal

Citation

deWit, R. (2003), Determination of the Single Crystal Elastic Constants by Diffraction from a Cubic Polycrystal, NIST Interagency/Internal Report (NISTIR), National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD (Accessed October 16, 2025)

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Created January 1, 2003, Updated October 16, 2008
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