Variational bounds on the effective moduli of anisotropic composites

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

49J40: Variational inequalities

74E10: Anisotropy in solid mechanics

74E30: Composite and mixture properties

49S05: Variational principles of physics

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