Numerical homogenization of active material finite-element cells

Communications in Numerical Methods in Engineering

Volumn 19, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 977-989

  Buehler, Markus J ^a   Bettig, Bernhard P ^a   Parker, Gordon G ^a  

^a Michigan Technological University   (United States)

Author keywords

Active material; Homogenization; Piezoelectric material; Topology optimization

Indexed keywords

FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; FUNCTIONS; INTELLIGENT STRUCTURES; PIEZOELECTRIC MATERIALS; VOLUME FRACTION;

NUMERICAL HOMOGENIZATION;

MICROSTRUCTURE;

HOMOGENIZATION; MATHEMATICAL METHOD;

EID: 1642395886     PISSN: 10698299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cnm.646     Document Type: Article

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