Two exact micromechanics-based nonlocal constitutive equations for random linear elastic composite materials

Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids

Volumn 51, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 1745-1772

  Drugan, W J ^a  

^a University of Wisconsin Madison   (United States)

Author keywords

A. Voids and inclusions; B. Constitutive behavior; C. Variational calculus; Inhomogeneous material; Nonlocal constitutive equations

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; APPROXIMATION THEORY; COMPOSITE MICROMECHANICS; ELASTICITY; INCLUSIONS; INTEGRAL EQUATIONS; PROBLEM SOLVING; STATISTICAL METHODS; TENSORS; VOLUME FRACTION;

ISOTROPIC COMPOSITES;

COMPOSITE MATERIALS;

EID: 0041764521     PISSN: 00225096     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-5096(03)00049-8     Document Type: Article

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