Homogenization methods. Effective properties of composites (Q2020373)

In this book written in German, the author presents in 186 pages and 13 chapters the main tools and results concerning the homogenization of composite structures. After a short introduction to the field with four major references and a presentation of the structure of the book, the author gathers in Chapter 2 the essential notions of continuum mechanics concerning tensors and Hooke's law. Historical references are added to these fundamentals. A short list of symbols ends the chapter. Chapter 3 presents the notion and examples of microstructures. The author introduces the different phases characterized by indicator functions. He discusses examples concerning laminar structures and periodic microstructures. In Chapter 4, the author presents the homogenization principle. He describes the construction of an elemental volume element and he computes the effective quantities in the case of small deformations. He draws computation which lead to the Hill-Mandel condition, that he illustrates with examples. The chapter ends with considerations on numerical homogenization. Chapter 5 considers homogenization results for microstructures and starts with honeycomb structures. The authors considers different situations for which he draws computations In Chapter 6, estimates on the homogenized stiffness tensor are proved and the author recalls the Voigt and Reuss bounds, that he specializes in the case of linear elasticity. Chapter 7 is devoted to the homogenization of laminar structures in linear elasticity. The author computes the effective stiffness tensor and he considers examples, for instance in the isotropic case. Chapter 8 is a more theoretical one, which focuses on few homogenization tools based on the difference between original and effective stiffness tensors. The author presents the intrinsic strain problem and the concentration, polarization, localization and influence tensors. In Chapter 9, the author presents the Eshelby concentration and influence tensors, first in the case of a rigid inclusion in an infinite matrix. He considers the dilute distribution and Mori-Tanaka cases, for which he draws pictures describing the compression and sliding modules in terms of the volume fraction. The chapter ends with a the presentation of a differential scheme and of a self-consistent method which modify and improve the Mori-Tanaka case. Discrete percolation models are briefly analyzed in Chapter 10. The authors discusses the percolation limits and the link between percolation and effective properties. Chapter 11 discusses the variational principle of Hashin and Shtrikman which leads to better bounds for the effective tensor. The author presents the functional to be minimized with respect to the polarization tensor or to be maximized with respect to the strain tensor. He draws computations associated to these minimization and maximization problems and he derives the Hashin-Shtrikman bounds, that he compares with the Voigt and Reuss bounds, for example. The long Chapter 12 presents the possibility to use Fourier transform and Green function for the computation of the interaction tensor, whence the Hashin-Shtrikman bounds. When considering Fourier transform, the author draws computations. He then considers the cases of a periodic or of a laminar structure. He discusses the problem to be solved in the case of boundary conditions and convergence results. When considering Green function, the author draws computations and discusses convergence results. In the last Chapter 13, the author analyzes the impact of anisotropy on homogenization results. After geometric considerations, he presents the anisotropic Hooke's context. He draws computations involving the group SO(3), and he finally presents examples of Hashin-Shtrikman bounds in this context. Every chapter includes figures which illustrate the main notions and results of computations. Every chapter also contains Mathematica codes for the computation of effective quantities in different situations. A complete Nomenclature would help the reader when reading the successive computations. Nevertheless, the book will be useful to researchers involved in homogenization of microstructures. They will find a clear presentation of the main tools to be used in this context.