SC-EMA

Self-Consistent Calculations - Elasticity of Multi-phase Aggregates


The use of our SC-EMA software package is free for non-commercial applications but users are asked for a proper acknowledgement, i.e. citing our three papers as listed below:



  1. H. Titrian, U. Aydin, M. Friák, D. Ma, D. Raabe, J. Neugebauer: Self-consistent Scale-bridging Approach to Compute the Elasticity of Multi-phase Polycrystalline Materials, Mater. Res. Soc. Symp. Proc.vol. 1524 (2013),
    http/DOI: 10.1557/opl.201.41. Full text


  2. M. Friák, W. A. Counts, D. Ma, B. Sander, D. Holec, D. Raabe and J. Neugebauer: Theory-guided materials design of multi-phase Ti-Nb alloys with bone-matching elastic properties, Materials 5, 1853-1872(2012).
    http://www.mdpi.com/1996-1944/5/10/1853. (open-access full text).


  3. L.-F. Zhu, M. Friák, L. Lymperakis, H. Titrian, U. Aydin, A. M. Janus, H.-O. Fabritius, A. Ziegler, S. Nikolov, P. Hemzalová, D. Raabe, and J. Neugebauer: Ab initio study of single-crystalline and polycrystalline elastic properties of Mg-substituted calcite crystals, Journal of the Mechanical Behavior of Biomedical Materials 20, 296 (2013). http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jmbbm.2013.01.030