New solution method for homogenization analysis and its application to the prediction of macroscopic elastic constants of materials with periodic microstructures

Computers and Structures

Volumn 84, Issue 15-16, 2006, Pages 991-1001

  Wang, Wen Xue ^a   Luo, Dongmei ^a   Takao, Yoshihiro ^a   Kakimoto, Koichi ^a  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Composite materials; Explicit periodic conditions; Homogenization analysis; Macroscopic elastic constants; Periodic microstructure; Solution method

Indexed keywords

COMPOSITE MATERIALS; ELASTICITY; INTEGRAL EQUATIONS; MICROSTRUCTURE; NUMERICAL METHODS; PROBLEM SOLVING;

EXPLICIT PERIODIC CONDITIONS; HOMOGENIZATION ANALYSIS; MACROSCOPIC ELASTIC CONSTANTS; PERIODIC MICROSTRUCTURE; SOLUTION METHOD;

MATERIALS SCIENCE;

EID: 33646339901     PISSN: 00457949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compstruc.2006.02.013     Document Type: Article

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