Micromechanics of nonlinear composites

Gengkai Hu*, Zhuping Huang

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Abstract

Two homogenization methods are presented for modeling the overall elasto-plastic behavior of composite materials, the first one is applied to the case where the nonlocal property of the constituents can be neglected, and the second one considers this nonlocal effect by idealizing the constituents as micropolar materials. The secant moduli method and Ponte Castañeda's variational method are discussed in these two homogenization methods.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)35-42
Number of pages8
JournalKey Engineering Materials
Volume274-276
Issue numberI
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2004

Keywords

  • Micromechanics
  • Micropolar composites
  • Plasticity
  • Second order moment
  • Size effect

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