Comparisons of the size of the representative volume element in elastic, plastic, thermoelastic, and permeable random microstructures

International Journal for Multiscale Computational Engineering

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 73-82

  Ostoja Starzewski, M ^a   Du, X ^b   Khisaeva, Z F ^b   Li, W ^b  

^a University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign   (United States)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Elastoplasticity; Finite elasticity; Linear elasticity; Mesoscale bounds; Permeability; Random composites; Representative volume element; Thermoelasticity

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; ELASTOPLASTICITY; MICROSTRUCTURE; PLASTICITY; POROUS MATERIALS; THERMOELASTICITY;

DISCREPANCY; LINEAR ELASTICITY; NONLINEAR ELASTICITY;

CONTINUUM MECHANICS;

EID: 34548455782     PISSN: 15431649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1615/IntJMultCompEng.v5.i2.10     Document Type: Article

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