On the distribution of elastic forces in disordered structures and materials. II A statistical mechanics theory

Proceedings of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences

Volumn 461, Issue 2057, 2005, Pages 1423-1446

  Ngan, A H W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Cellular materials; Disordered materials; First yield criteria; Granular materials; Linear elasticity; Statistical physics

Indexed keywords

EID: 26944447885     PISSN: 13645021     EISSN: 14712946     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspa.2004.1417     Document Type: Article

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