A micromechanics-based nonlocal constitutive equation and estimates of representative volume element size for elastic composites

Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 497-524

  Drugan, W J ^a,b   Willis, J R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b University of Wisconsin Madison ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPOSITE MICROMECHANICS; ELASTIC MODULI; ELASTICITY; ERRORS; ESTIMATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; REINFORCEMENT; STATISTICS; STRAIN; STRESSES; TENSORS; VARIATIONAL TECHNIQUES;

NONLOCAL CONSTITUTIVE EQUATION; REPRESENTATIVE VOLUME ELEMENT SIZE; STRAIN ENERGY;

COMPOSITE MATERIALS;

EID: 0030128871     PISSN: 00225096     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0022-5096(96)00007-5     Document Type: Article

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