From particle ensembles to Cosserat continua: Homogenization of contact forces towards stresses and couple stresses

International Journal of Solids and Structures

Volumn 40, Issue 24, 2003, Pages 6681-6702

  Ehlers, W ^a   Ramm, E ^a   Diebels, S ^b   D'Addetta, G A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STUTTGART   (Germany)

^b SAARLAND UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cosserat continuum; Homogenization procedure; Rigid body dynamics; Stress and couple stress tensors

Indexed keywords

FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; TENSORS;

HOMOGENIZATION;

STRESS ANALYSIS;

FRACTURE MECHANICS;

EID: 0142027580     PISSN: 00207683     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0020-7683(03)00418-9     Document Type: Article

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