Micromechanics of particle-reinforced elasto-viscoplastic composites: Finite element simulations versus affine homogenization

International Journal of Plasticity

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1041-1060

  Pierard, O ^a   LLorca, J ^b   Segurado, J ^b   Doghri, I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSIDAD POLITÉCNICA DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Computational micromechanics; Homogenization; Micromechanical modeling; Particle reinforced composites; Viscoplasticity

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELASTOPLASTICITY; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; REINFORCED PLASTICS; STRAIN RELAXATION; STRESS MEASUREMENT; VISCOPLASTICITY;

COMPUTATIONAL MICROMECHANICS; HOMOGENIZATION; MICROMECHANICAL MODELING; PARTICLE-REINFORCED COMPOSITES;

MICROMECHANICS;

EID: 33847643255     PISSN: 07496419     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijplas.2006.09.003     Document Type: Article

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