Micromechanics of elasto-plastic materials reinforced with ellipsoidal inclusions

International Journal of Solids and Structures

Volumn 44, Issue 21, 2007, Pages 6945-6962

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

^a UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSIDAD POLITÉCNICA DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Composite materials; Computational micromechanics; Homogenization; Mean field models; Plasticity

Indexed keywords

ELASTOPLASTICITY; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; FINITE VOLUME METHOD; HOMOGENIZATION METHOD; MICROMECHANICS; MICROSTRUCTURE;

COMPUTATIONAL MICROMECHANICS; MEAN FIELD MODELS; STIFFNESS TENSORS;

COMPOSITE MATERIALS;

EID: 34548441207     PISSN: 00207683     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijsolstr.2007.03.019     Document Type: Article

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