Upper and lower bounds for the overall response of an elastoplastic composite

Mechanics of Materials

Volumn 28, Issue 1-4, 1998, Pages 1-8

  Talbot, D R S ^a   Willis, J R ^b  

^a Institute for Clean Growth and Future Mobility   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEFORMATION; ELASTICITY; ELASTOPLASTICITY;

ELASTOPLASTIC COMPOSITES;

COMPOSITE MATERIALS;

EID: 0032066418     PISSN: 01676636     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-6636(97)00012-4     Document Type: Article

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