Variational linear comparison bounds for nonlinear composites with anisotropic phases. I. General results

Proceedings of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences

Volumn 463, Issue 2080, 2007, Pages 907-924

  Idiart, Martín I ^a,b   Ponte Castañeda, Pedro ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b LABORATOIRE DE MÉCANIQUE DES SOLIDES   (France)

Author keywords

Anisotropy; Nonlinear homogenization; Variational methods

Indexed keywords

EID: 36348946405     PISSN: 13645021     EISSN: 14712946     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspa.2006.1797     Document Type: Article

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