3D micromechanics and effective moduli for brittle composites with randomly located interacting microcracks and inclusions

International Journal of Damage Mechanics

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 377-417

  Lee, H K ^a   Ju, J W ^b  

^a Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)   (South Korea)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Brittle composites; Effective elastic damage moduli; Ensemble volume averaging; Microcrack inclusion interaction; Micromechanics; Probabilistic homogenization

Indexed keywords

ELASTIC MODULI; SOLUTIONS; STATISTICAL METHODS; THREE DIMENSIONAL;

BRITTLE COMPOSITES; EFFECTIVE ELASTIC-DAMAGE MODULI; ENSEMBLE-VOLUME AVERAGING; MICROCRACK-INCLUSION INTERACTION; MICROMECHANICS; PROBABILISTIC HOMOGENIZATION;

FATIGUE OF MATERIALS;

EID: 46749158627     PISSN: 10567895     EISSN: 15307921     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1056789507077439     Document Type: Article

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