Modeling the effective elastic behavior of composites: a mixed Finite Element and homogenisation approach

Comptes Rendus - Mecanique

Volumn 336, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 275-282

  Toulemonde, Charles ^a   Masson, Renaud ^a   El Gharib, Joumana ^a  

^a EDF R AND D   (France)

Author keywords

Computational solid mechanics; Concrete; Finite element; Homogenisation; Microstructure; RVE; Sieve curves; Variational method

Indexed keywords

COMPOSITE MATERIALS; ERROR ANALYSIS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; HOMOGENIZATION METHOD; MICROSTRUCTURE; OPTIMIZATION; POLARIZATION; VARIATIONAL TECHNIQUES;

COMPOSITE; CONCRETE; ELASTIC PROPERTY; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; MICROSTRUCTURE; MODELING; OPTIMIZATION; SIEVING;

EID: 39749136631     PISSN: 16310721     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.crme.2007.11.024     Document Type: Article

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