Effective stiffness tensor of composite media. I: Exact series expansions

DOI10.1016/S0022-5096(97)00019-7zbMath0974.74553MaRDI QIDQ1589277

R. Smith

Publication date: 3 January 2001

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

zbMATH Keywords

microstructureHashin-Shtrikman boundsseries expansionseffective stiffness tensormacroscopically anisotropic two-phase composite mediamacroscopically isotropic mediaWillis' bounds

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Anisotropy in solid mechanics (74E10) Bounds on effective properties in solid mechanics (74Q20) Effective constitutive equations in solid mechanics (74Q15) Composite and mixture properties (74E30)

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