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Stiffness Tensor

The Stiffness Tensor is a fourth-order tensor in continuum mechanics that belongs to the class of constitutive tensors and is distinguished by its role in linearly relating the stress tensor to the strain tensor in anisotropic elastic materials through Hooke’s law.

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Elastic Moduli TensorElasticity Tensor

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ELATE: an open-source online application for analysis and visualization of elastic tensors

Romain Gaillac, Pluton Pullumbi, François‐Xavier Coudert · Journal of Physics Condensed Matter · 2016 · 1.5K citations · Full text

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Mechanical metamaterials at the theoretical limit of isotropic elastic stiffness

Jonathan B. Berger, H.N.G. Wadley, Robert M. McMeeking · Nature · 2017 · 879 citations

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Random Heterogeneous Media: Microstructure and Improved Bounds on Effective Properties

Salvatore Torquato · Applied Mechanics Reviews · 1991 · 650 citations

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Thermodynamic Definition of Higher Order Elastic Coefficients

K. Brugger · Physical Review · 1964 · 631 citations

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The relationship between the elasticity tensor and the fabric tensor

Stephen C. Cowin · Mechanics of Materials · 1985 · 572 citations

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  1. GA
    G. A. Saunders

    University of Bath, United Kingdom

    9 publications · 237 citations

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  2. CM
    Colin M. Sayers

    Schlumberger (British Virgin Islands), British Virgin Islands

    6 publications · 342 citations

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  3. VG
    Vladimir Grechka

    Colorado School of Mines, United States

    6 publications · 228 citations

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  4. VM
    Victor Milman

    Goethe University Frankfurt, Germany

    5 publications · 216 citations

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  5. IS
    Igor Sevostianov

    New Mexico State University, United States

    5 publications · 135 citations

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  1. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

    Paris, France

    23 h-index

    73 publications

    4.8K citations

  2. Colorado School of Mines

    Golden, United States

    9 h-index

    21 publications

    1.1K citations

  3. Laboratoire Modélisation et Simulation Multi-Echelle

    Champs-sur-Marne, France

    8 h-index

    14 publications

    413 citations

  4. Université de Bordeaux

    Bordeaux, France

    8 h-index

    16 publications

    538 citations

  5. Goethe University Frankfurt

    Frankfurt am Main, Germany

    8 h-index

    21 publications

    923 citations

  6. Karlsruhe Institute of Technology

    Karlsruhe, Germany

    7 h-index

    15 publications

    239 citations

  7. University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

    Urbana, United States

    7 h-index

    9 publications

    515 citations

  8. University of Bath

    Bath, United Kingdom

    6 h-index

    25 publications

    458 citations

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  1. International Journal of Solids and Structures

    24 publications · 1.3K citations

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  2. Journal of Elasticity

    22 publications · 1.2K citations

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  3. Geophysics

    18 publications · 1K citations

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  4. Mechanics of Materials

    15 publications · 1.2K citations

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  5. Journal of Applied Physics

    14 publications · 461 citations

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