Stochastic heterogeneity as fundamental basis for the design and evaluation of experiments

Cement and Concrete Composites

Volumn 30, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 506-514

  Stroeven, P ^a   Hu, J ^a   Chen, H ^a  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Composite material; Configuration and structure sensitivity; Design of experiments; Heterogeneity; Representative volume and area elements; Size effect

Indexed keywords

DENSITY (SPECIFIC GRAVITY); PARAMETER ESTIMATION; PROBABILITY; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; STOCHASTIC MODELS;

GEOMETRIC DESCRIPTORS; REPRESENTATIVE VOLUME AND AREA ELEMENTS;

COMPOSITE MATERIALS;

EID: 43049117841     PISSN: 09589465     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cemconcomp.2007.12.001     Document Type: Article

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