Uncertainty quantification in homogenization of heterogeneous microstructures modeled by XFEM

International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering

Volumn 88, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 257-278

  Hiriyur, Badri ^a   Waisman, Haim ^a   Deodatis, George ^a  

^a Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

Elliptical inclusions; Homogenization; Inclusions; Monte Carlo simulations; XFEM

Indexed keywords

ARBITRARY NUMBER; COMPUTATIONAL EFFORT; EFFECTIVE ELASTIC PROPERTY; ELASTIC PROPERTIES; ELLIPTIC INCLUSIONS; ELLIPTICAL INCLUSION; EXTENDED FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; HETEROGENEOUS MICROSTRUCTURE; HOMOGENIZATION; MATRIX; MONTE CARLO; MONTE CARLO APPROACH; MONTE CARLO SIMULATION; MULTIPHASE MATERIALS; NUMBER OF DEGREES OF FREEDOM; NUMERICAL RESULTS; UNCERTAINTY QUANTIFICATIONS; XFEM;

ASPECT RATIO; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELASTICITY; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; HOMOGENIZATION METHOD; INCLUSIONS; MATERIALS PROPERTIES; MICROSTRUCTURE; PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS; RANDOM VARIABLES;

MONTE CARLO METHODS;

EID: 80052985882     PISSN: 00295981     EISSN: 10970207     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/nme.3174     Document Type: Article

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