On characterizing the set of possible effective tensors of composites: The variational method and the translation method

DOI10.1002/cpa.3160430104zbMath0751.73041OpenAlexW2029892606MaRDI QIDQ4712628

Graeme Walter Milton

Publication date: 25 June 1992

Published in: Communications on Pure and Applied Mathematics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1002/cpa.3160430104

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layered materialsHashin-Shtrikman boundsquasi-static limitpolarization problemconduction in compositeselastic properties of compositeselementary bounds

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