Representative volume element size for elastic composites: A numerical study

DOI10.1016/S0022-5096(97)00016-1zbMath0977.74512MaRDI QIDQ1589279

Andrei A. Gusev

Publication date: 3 January 2001

Published in: Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids (Search for Journal in Brave)

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Monte Carlo methoditerative solveroverall elastic constantsconstant-strain-tetrahedra displacement-based finite element codedisordered unit cellPercus-Yevick hard-sphere statisticsperiodic elastic composite

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