Assessment of existing and introduction of a new and robust efficient definition of the representative volume element

International Journal of Solids and Structures

Volumn 50, Issue 24, 2013, Pages 3817-3828

  Moussaddy, H ^a   Therriault, D ^a   Levesque M ^a  

^a ÉCOLE POLYTECHNIQUE DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Fiber composites; Finite element; Homogenization; Random orientation; Representative volume element

Indexed keywords

DETERMINATION METHODS; EFFECTIVE PROPERTIES OF COMPOSITES; EFFICIENT COMPUTATION; FIBER COMPOSITE; NUMERICAL HOMOGENIZATION; RANDOM ORIENTATIONS; REPRESENTATIVE VOLUME ELEMENT (RVE); STATISTICAL VARIATIONS;

ASPECT RATIO; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; HOMOGENIZATION METHOD; REINFORCED PLASTICS; VOLUME MEASUREMENT;

NUMERICAL METHODS;

EID: 84884674257     PISSN: 00207683     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijsolstr.2013.07.016     Document Type: Article

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