On the cluster bounds for the effective properties of microcracked solids

Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 357-388

  Markov, Konstantin Z ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOFIA   (Bulgaria)

Author keywords

A. microcracking; B. constitutive behaviour; B. elastic material; C. energy methods; C. variational calculus

Indexed keywords

CRACK PROPAGATION; ELASTIC MODULI; ELASTICITY; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; MICROCRACKS; SOLIDS; STATISTICAL METHODS; VARIATIONAL TECHNIQUES;

CONSTITUTIVE BEHAVIOR; ENERGY METHODS; MICROCRACKED SOLIDS;

MICROCRACKING;

EID: 0031993967     PISSN: 00225096     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0022-5096(97)00063-x     Document Type: Article

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