Assessment of mixed uniform boundary conditions for predicting the mechanical behavior of elastic and inelastic discontinuously reinforced composites

CMES - Computer Modeling in Engineering and Sciences

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 117-136

  Pahr, D H ^a   Bohm H J ^a  

^a VIENNA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

Author keywords

Composites; Finite element simulation; Mixed uniform boundary conditions; Periodicity boundary conditions

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; BOUNDARY VALUE PROBLEMS; CARBON FIBER REINFORCED PLASTICS; COMPOSITE MATERIALS; COMPOSITE MICROMECHANICS; ELASTICITY; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; FORECASTING; MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; TENSORS;

COMPOSITES; DISCONTINUOUSLY REINFORCED COMPOSITES; DISPLACEMENT BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; EFFECTIVE ELASTIC PROPERTIES; ELASTIC CONTRASTS; ELASTIC PLASTICS; ELASTIC TENSORS; ELASTICITY TENSORS; FINITE ELEMENT SIMULATION; HARDENING BEHAVIORS; HUMAN TRABECULAR BONES; MECHANICAL BEHAVIORS; MIXED UNIFORM BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; OPEN CELLS; PERIODICITY BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; SHORT FIBERS; SPHERICAL PARTICLES; VOLUME ELEMENTS;

BOUNDARY ELEMENT METHOD;

COMPOSITES; ELASTICITY; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; GEOMETRY; MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; PERIODIC VARIATIONS; REINFORCED PLASTIC; SIMULATION; SYMMETRY; TRACTION;

EID: 57649233212     PISSN: 15261492     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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