We perform ab initio calculations using a pseudo-potential plane-wave method based on density functional theory, within the local density approximation and generalized gradient approximation, in order to determine and predict the pressure dependence of structural and elastic properties of...

The brittle and elastic properties of the B2-MgRE (RE=Sc, Y, Ce, Pr, Nd, Gd, Tb, Dy, Ho, Er) intermetallics have been investigated using first-principles density functional calculations. The calculated equilibrium lattice constants and enthalpies of formation are in overall agreement with the...

Athermal elasticity for some ceramic materials (α-Al<Subscript>2</Subscript>O<Subscript>3</Subscript>, SiC (α and β phases), TiO<Subscript>2 </Subscript>(rutile and anatase), hexagonal AlN and TiB<Subscript>2</Subscript>, cubic BN and CaF<Subscript>2</Subscript>, and monoclinic ZrO<Subscript>2</Subscript>) have been investigated via density functional theory. Energy-volume equation-of-state computations to obtain the zero...</subscript></subscript></subscript></subscript></subscript></subscript>

Using first-principles density functional calculations, the effect of high pressures, up to 20 GPa, on the structural and elastic properties of Zr<Subscript>2</Subscript>AlX and Ti<Subscript>2</Subscript>AlX, with X=C and N, were studied by means of the pseudo-potential plane-waves method. Calculations were performed within the local...</subscript></subscript>