Variational bounds on the effective moduli of anisotropic composites

DOI10.1016/0022-5096(88)90001-4zbMath0672.73012OpenAlexW2055736825MaRDI QIDQ1120320

Robert V. Kohn, Graeme Walter Milton

Publication date: 1988

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

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1016/0022-5096(88)90001-4

zbMATH Keywords

anisotropic mixture arbitrary number of possibly anisotropic phases two well-ordered isotropic materials

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Variational inequalities (49J40) Anisotropy in solid mechanics (74E10) Composite and mixture properties (74E30) Variational principles of physics (49S05)

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