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Michael Murat¹, Yacov Kantor

¹School of Physics and Astronomy, Raymond and Beverly Sackler Faculty of Exact Sciences, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv 69978, Israel. michael@soreq.gov.il

Physical Review. E, Statistical, Nonlinear, and Soft Matter Physics

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Physics
Materials Science
Computational Mechanics

Background:

Calculating mechanical properties like stress and elastic constants is crucial for understanding material behavior.
Noncentral two-body potentials and hard potentials are common interaction models in particle systems.
Existing methods may have limitations in accurately determining these properties for complex systems.

Purpose of the Study:

To derive general expressions for stress and elastic constants in systems with noncentral two-body potentials.
To adapt these expressions for hard potentials, simplifying calculations.
To validate the derived method through computational simulations.

Main Methods:

Derivation of expressions using thermal averages of potential derivatives and separation vectors.
Adaptation of expressions for hard potentials, involving contact surface normals and center separation vectors.
Application to a 2D system of hard ellipses using Monte Carlo simulations.

Main Results:

Successfully derived expressions for stress and elastic constants based on thermal averages.
Demonstrated the method's feasibility by computing these properties for hard ellipses.
The results provide a computationally tractable approach for similar systems.

Conclusions:

The developed method offers a robust way to determine stress and elastic constants in particle systems.
This approach is particularly useful for systems with hard potentials.
The study validates the computational feasibility and accuracy of the derived expressions.