On predicting the effective elastic properties of polymer bonded explosives using the recursive cell method

International Journal of Solids and Structures

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 481-509

  Banerjee, Biswajit ^a   Adams, Daniel O ^a  

^a Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering   (United States)

Author keywords

Elastic properties; Finite elements; Generalized method of cells; Particulate composites; Renormalization

Indexed keywords

COMPOSITE MATERIALS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELASTIC MODULI; ELASTICITY; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; POLYMERS;

HOMOGENIZERS; RECURSIVE CELL METHOD (RCM);

EXPLOSIVES;

ELASTIC PROPERTY; EXPLOSIVE;

EID: 0346216936     PISSN: 00207683     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijsolstr.2003.09.016     Document Type: Article

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