A BEM formulation for homogenization of composites with randomly distributed fibers

Engineering Analysis with Boundary Elements

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 137-144

  Procházka, Petr ^a   Šejnoha, Jiří ^a  

^a CZECH TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY IN PRAGUE   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Boundary element method; Fiber reinforced diaphysal implants; Randomly distributed constituents

Indexed keywords

COMPOSITE MATERIALS; COMPOSITE STRUCTURES; DEBONDING; EIGENVALUES AND EIGENFUNCTIONS; EPOXY RESINS; FIBERS; GRAPHITE; OPTIMIZATION; PLASTICITY;

DIAPHYSAL IMPLANTS;

BOUNDARY ELEMENT METHOD;

EID: 0037301876     PISSN: 09557997     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0955-7997(02)00091-7     Document Type: Article

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