Quantitative description and numerical simulation of random microstructures of composites and their effective elastic moduli

International Journal of Solids and Structures

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 47-72

  Buryachenko, V A ^a   Kim, R Y ^a   Pagano, N J ^b   Spowart, J E ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DAYTON RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^c UES INC   (United States)

Author keywords

Elastic material; Inhomogeneous material; Microstructures

Indexed keywords

COMPOSITE MATERIALS; ELASTIC MODULI; FIBERS; GREEN'S FUNCTION; MATRIX ALGEBRA; RANDOM PROCESSES; STATISTICAL METHODS;

CENTROID COORDINATES;

IMAGE PROCESSING;

COMPOSITE; MICROSTRUCTURE;

EID: 0037219631     PISSN: 00207683     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0020-7683(02)00462-6     Document Type: Article

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