Theoretical and finite-element investigation of the mechanical response of spinodal structures

European Physical Journal E

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 15-31

  Read, D J ^a   Teixeira, P I C ^b,c   Duckett, R A ^a   Sweeney, J ^d   McLeish, T C B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF PORTUGAL   (Portugal)

^c INSTITUTO SUPERIOR TÉCNICO   (Portugal)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BRADFORD   (United Kingdom)

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