T-trefftz voronoi cell finite elements with elastic/rigid inclusions or voids for micromechanical analysis of composite and porous materials

CMES - Computer Modeling in Engineering and Sciences

Volumn 83, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 183-219

  Dong, L ^a   Atluri, S N ^b  

^a University of California at Irvine   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Collocation; Completeness; Efficiency; Inclusion; LBB conditions; Matrix; T Trefftz; Variational principle; VCFEM; Void

Indexed keywords

COLLOCATION; COMPLETENESS; LBB CONDITION; T-TREFFTZ; VARIATIONAL PRINCIPLES; VCFEM; VOID;

COMPOSITE MICROMECHANICS; EFFICIENCY; INCLUSIONS; LAGRANGE MULTIPLIERS; MATRIX ALGEBRA; POLYNOMIALS; STIFFNESS MATRIX; STRESS CONCENTRATION; VARIATIONAL TECHNIQUES;

POROUS MATERIALS;

EID: 84859030576     PISSN: 15261492     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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