Determination of the size of the representative volume element for random quasi-brittle composites

International Journal of Solids and Structures

Volumn 46, Issue 14-15, 2009, Pages 2842-2855

  Pelissou, C ^a   Baccou, J ^a   Monerie, Y ^a   Perales, F ^a  

^a INSTITUT DE RADIOPROTECTION ET DE SÛRETÉ NUCLÉAIRE IRSN   (France)

Author keywords

Fracture energy; Heterogeneous quasi brittle material; Periodic homogenization; RVE size; Statistical approach

Indexed keywords

CORRELATION FACTORS; DOMAIN SIZES; DYNAMIC LOADINGS; ELASTIC PROPERTIES; HETEROGENEOUS QUASI-BRITTLE MATERIAL; MATERIAL PROPERTIES; METAL - MATRIX COMPOSITES; PERIODIC HOMOGENIZATION; RANDOM HETEROGENEOUS MATERIALS; RANDOMLY DISTRIBUTED; REPRESENTATIVE VOLUME ELEMENTS; RVE SIZE; STATISTICAL APPROACH; STATISTICAL REPRESENTATIONS; STATISTICAL STRATEGIES; ZIRCALOY;

BRITTLENESS; FRACTURE ENERGY; METALLIC MATRIX COMPOSITES; MICROSTRUCTURE; SIZE DETERMINATION; VOLUME MEASUREMENT;

BRITTLE FRACTURE;

EID: 65549084673     PISSN: 00207683     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijsolstr.2009.03.015     Document Type: Article

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