Generalized variational principles for uncertainty quantification of boundary value problems of random heterogeneous materials

Journal of Engineering Mechanics

Volumn 135, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 1180-1188

  Xu, X Frank ^a  

^a STEVENS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Boundaries; Composite materials; Coupling; Micromechanics; Soil mechanics; Uncertainty principles

Indexed keywords

ASYMPTOTIC THEORIES; BOUNDARIES; CHARACTERISTIC LENGTH; COUPLING EFFECT; COUPLING PROBLEM; DECOUPLING PROBLEMS; DYNAMIC WAVELENGTH; ENGINEERING SYSTEMS; FAILURE PROBLEMS; FINITE ELEMENT; GENERALIZED VARIATIONAL PRINCIPLE; INCOMPLETE INFORMATION; LOCAL HETEROGENEITY; LOCAL INSTABILITY; MATERIAL FAILURES; MATERIAL RESPONSE; MESH SIZE; MICRO-ELECTRONIC-MECHANICAL SYSTEMS; MULTI-SCALE SYSTEM; MULTISCALE INTERACTIONS; MULTISCALES; NEW THEORY; PROBABILISTIC PREDICTION; RANDOM HETEROGENEOUS MATERIALS; SEPARATION OF SCALE; SIGNIFICANT IMPACTS; STOCHASTIC MODELING; STOCHASTICITY; UNCERTAINTY PRINCIPLES; UNCERTAINTY QUANTIFICATIONS; VARIATIONAL BOUNDS; VARIATIONAL PRINCIPLES;

COMPOSITE MICROMECHANICS; COMPUTATIONAL MECHANICS; DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; METAMATERIALS; SAFETY ENGINEERING; SOIL MECHANICS; SOILS; VARIATIONAL TECHNIQUES;

MATERIALS;

HETEROGENEOUS MEDIUM; MICROMECHANICS; MODELING; NUMERICAL METHOD; SOIL MECHANICS; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

EID: 70349556019     PISSN: 07339399     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)EM.1943-7889.0000037     Document Type: Article

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