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🧪 Crystalline Material Properties Simulation

Interactive 3D simulator of elastic anisotropy in cubic single crystals: watch Young's modulus reshape a directional stiffness surface as you tune C11, C12 and C44, or pick real materials like tungsten, copper and iron.

Materials Science2DModerate60 FPS📱 Mobile-adapted

A crystalline solid is not equally stiff in every direction — its lattice symmetry makes some directions "harder" to stretch than others. This simulator computes the directional Young's modulus of a cubic single crystal from its three independent stiffness constants (C11, C12, C44), turns it into the compliance tensor, and renders the result as a real 3D polar surface: the radius in every direction is the modulus you would measure pulling a rod cut along that crystal axis. Switch between real materials — nearly-isotropic tungsten, aluminum, iron, copper, and ionic sodium chloride, whose anisotropy runs the opposite way — or drag the C11/C12/C44 sliders yourself and watch the Zener anisotropy ratio and the E<100>, E<111>, E<110> readouts update live.

⚙ Under the hood

This simulation demonstrates the principles of solid state physics, showcasing how materials behave at a crystalline level. It illustrates concepts such as crystal structures and electronic band theory.

ThermodynamicsHeat Transfer

2D · HTML5 Canvas 2D · 60 FPS target · runs fully client-side, no install