Lecture by Dr. Giuseppe Fadda 
21 April 2016

On April 21, 2016 at 2 p.m. at SCTMS conference hall Dr. Giuseppe Fadda will give the lecture “Ab initio computation of elastic properties of crystalline solids: theory and practice”.

Abstract: after an introduction to the theory of linear elasticity and its application to crystalline solids, we shall discuss practical implementations based on total energy and stress methods, using several detailed examples for illustration.