Decompositions of the compliance operator for analyzing extreme elastic properties

Mathematics and Mechanics of Solids

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 114-136

  Aouni, Nizar ^a   Wheeler, Lewis ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Lam compliance; Operator decomposition; Poisson's ratio; Symmetry groups

Indexed keywords

CRYSTAL CLASS; ELASTIC PROPERTIES; OPERATOR DECOMPOSITION; POISSON'S RATIO; SYMMETRY GROUPS; YOUNG'S MODULUS;

DECOMPOSITION; ELASTICITY; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; POISSON EQUATION; QUANTUM THEORY;

POISSON RATIO;

EID: 77649230685     PISSN: 10812865     EISSN: 17413028     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1081286508095192     Document Type: Article

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