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- CERTIFICATE
- DECLARATION
- ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
- CONTENTS
- PREFACE
- I. BRIEF REVIEW OF THE FINITE STRAIN ELASTICITY THEORY IN UNIAXIAL CRYSTALS
- 1.1 Introduction
- 1.2 Sn and Sn-In alloy
- 1.3 Boron Nitride
- 1.4 The Theory of Elasticity
- 1.5 Dynamical Theory of Crystal Lattice
- 1.6 Finite Strain Elasticity Theory
- 1.7 Effective Second -Order Elastic Constants using Finite Strain Elasticity Theory
- References
- 2. QUASIHARMONIC THEORY OF THERMAL EXPANSION OF UNIAXIAL CRYSTALS
- 2.1 Introduction
- 2.2 Quasiharmonic theory of thermal expansion
- 2.3 The Low Temperature limit ΥL, of the Gruneisen function
- References
- 3. SECOND ORDER ELASTIC CONSTANTS, THIRD ORDER ELASTIC CONSTANTS, PRESSURE DERIVATIVES OF SECOND ORDER ELASTIC CONSTANTS AND THE LOW TEMPERATURE THERMAL EXPANSION OF a-TIN
- 3.1 Introduction
- 3.2 Second order Elastic Constants
- 3.3 Third order Elastic Constants
- 3.4 Pressure Derivatives of the Second Order Elastic Constants
- 3.5 Low Temperature Thermal Expansion of β-tin
- 3.6 Results and Discussion References
- References
- 4. SECOND ORDER ELASTIC CONSTANTS, THIRD ORDER ELASTIC CONSTANTS, PRESSURE DERIVATIVES OF SECOND ORDER ELASTIC CONSTANTS AND THE LOW TEMPERATURE THERMAL EXPANSION OF TIN-INDIUM ALLOY
- 4.1 Introduction
- 4.2 Second order Elastic Constants
- 4.3 Third order Elastic Constants
- 4.4 Pressure Derivatives of the Second Order Elastic Constants
- 4.5 Low Temperature thermal expansion of tin-indium alloy
- 4.6 Results and Discussion
- References
- 5. SECOND ORDER ELASTIC CONSTANTS, THIRD ORDER ELASTIC CONSTANTS, PRESSURE DERIVATIVES OF SECOND ORDER ELASTIC CONSTANTS AND THE LOW TEMPERATURE THERMAL EXPANSION OF HEXAGONAL BORON NITRIDE
- 5.1 Introduction
- 5.2 Second and Third Order Elastic Constants
- 5.3 Pressure Derivatives of the Second Order Elastic Constants
- 5.4 Low Temperature Thermal Expansion of BN
- 5.5 Results and Discussion
- References
- 6. SUMMARY AND CONCLUSION