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Crystalline structure and symmetry dependence of acoustic nonlinearity parametersA quantitative measure of elastic wave nonlinearity in crystals is provided by the acoustic nonlinearity parameters. The nonlinearity parameters are defined for arbitrary propagation modes for solids of arbitrary crystalline symmetry and are determined along the pure mode propagation directions for 33 crystals of cubic symmetry from data reported in the literature. The magnitudes of the nonlinearity parameters are found to exhibit a strong dependence on the crystalline structure and symmetries associated with the modal direction in the solid. Calculations based on the Born-Mayer potential for crystals having a dominant repulsive contribution to the elastic constants from the interatomic pair potential suggest that the origin of the structure dependence is associated with the shape rather than the strength of the potential. Considerations based on variations in crystal symmetry during loading along pure mode propagation directions of face-centered-cubic solids provide a qualitative explanation for the dependence of the acoustic nonlinearity parameters on modal direction.
Document ID
19950042807
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Reprint (Version printed in journal)
External Source(s)
Authors
Cantrell, John H.
(Univ. of Cambridge Cambridge, United Kingdom)
Date Acquired
August 16, 2013
Publication Date
September 15, 1994
Publication Information
Publication: Journal of Applied Physics
Volume: 76
Issue: 6
ISSN: 0021-8979
Subject Category
Solid-State Physics
Accession Number
95A74406
Distribution Limits
Public
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