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Calculation of elastic properties of crystals
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Elastic is a set of python routines for calculation of elastic properties of
crystals (elastic constants, equation of state, sound velocities, etc.).
It is a third version of the in-house code I have
written over several years and is implemented as a extension to the
`ASE `_ system.
The code was a basis for some of my publications and was
described briefly in these papers. The code was available to anyone, presented
at our `Workshop on ab initio Calculations in Geosciences `_
and used by some of my co-workers but was never properly published with
full documentation, project page etc. Nevertheless the old code is still available
to anyone as `Elastic 2 `_.
I just do not recommend to use it without my help - which I am happy to provide.
In 2010, I have decided to re-implement elastic as a module for the
`ASE `_ system and publish it properly under
the GPL.
The source code started live on the
`launchpad project page `_ and later in 2014
moved to the `github repository `_ with
corresponding `elastic web page `_ and
on-line documentation placed at `Elastic website `_
(you are probably reading from it already). You can obtain the `documentation as a
PDF file `_ as well.
The project is open and I welcome patches, ideas and other feedback.
You can also support the project and motivate me to work on it even more
by donating using bitcoin address: 1Geq8khANDueVt1QdCS5GU2oNCtdc1uSMv .
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intro
modules
usage
endmatter
* :ref:`search`