Emergence of linear isotropic elasticity in amorphous and polycrystalline materials

• Main Authors: Mahajan, Shivam, Chattoraj, Joyjit, Ciamarra, Massimo Pica
• Other Authors: School of Physical and Mathematical Sciences
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2021
• Subjects: Science::Physics; Elasticity; Glasses
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/151110
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

We investigate the emergence of isotropic linear elasticity in amorphous and polycrystalline solids via extensive numerical simulations. We show that the elastic properties are correlated over a finite length scale ξE, so that the central limit theorem dictates the emergence of continuum linear isot...