articleJournal of Physics Condensed MatterMay 20, 2016GREEN OA

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

RGRomain GaillacPPPluton PullumbiFCFrançois‐Xavier Coudert

Chimie ParisTech · Institut de Recherche de Chimie Paris · +3 more institutions

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Abstract

We report on the implementation of a tool for the analysis of second-order elastic stiffness tensors, provided with both an open-source Python module and a standalone online application allowing the visualization of anisotropic mechanical properties. After describing the software features, how we compute the conventional elastic constants and how we represent them graphically, we explain our technical choices for the implementation. In particular, we focus on why a Python module is used to generate the HTML web page with embedded Javascript for dynamical plots.

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  • Python (programming language)
  • JavaScript
  • Visualization
  • Computer science
  • Computational science
  • Open source
  • Software
  • Open source software
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