2026-07-072026-07-07http://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/16323A method is developed which allows to determine the first-order and the second-order magnetoelastic coefficients of a magnetic bulk material from the ab-initio calculation of the magnetocrystalline anisotropy energy as function of a prestrain. Excplicit results are given for bcc Fe, and they agree well with experimental data obtained from the magnetostrictive stress measurements for epitaxial Fe films.11 pages, 2 figuresMaterials Sciencetext