The determination of stress distribution and elastic properties for heterogeneous materials with hybrid finite element

International Journal of Mechanics and Materials in Design

Volumn 2, Issue 1-2, 2005, Pages 1-13

  Cesari, F ^a   Furgiuele, F M ^b   Maletta, C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALABRIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Elastic properties; Heterogeneous materials; Hybrid elements; Voronoi cell finite element method

Indexed keywords

ELASTICITY; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NUMERICAL METHODS; STRESS CONCENTRATION; STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS;

ELASTIC PROPERTIES; HETEROGENEOUS MATERIALS; HYBRID ELEMENTS; VORONOI CELL FINITE ELEMENT METHODS;

MATERIALS SCIENCE;

EID: 32244432690     PISSN: 15691713     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10999-005-3309-2     Document Type: Article

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