Representative volume elements and unit cells : concepts, theory, applications and implementation /: concepts, theory, applications and implementation. (2019)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Shuguang Li, Elena Sitnikova.
• Authors: Li, Shuguang; Sitnikova, Elena
• Contents: 1. Introduction 2 Common erroneous treatments and their conceptual sources of errors 3. Length Scales 4. Symmetry 5. Continuity and Free Body Diagrams 6. Symmetry Conditions 7. Material Categorisation 8. Material Characterisation 9. RVEs and Unit Cells 10. Relative Displacement Field 11. Relative Displacement Boundary Conditions for Unit Cells 12. Key degrees of freedom 13. Average Stresses, Average Strains and Effective Material Properties 14. Further Symmetries within a Unit Cell 15. The Roles of Each Type of Symmetry in Material Categorisation and Characterisation 16. ‘Sanity Checks’ as Basic Verifications 17. UD Composites and Transverse Isotropy 18. RVE for Randomly Distributed Inclusions 19. Diffusion Problems 20. Boundary of Applicability of RVEs and UCs 21. Applications to Textile Composites 22. UnitCells© Composites Characterisation Code 23. Other Related Theoretical Frameworks and Deceptions 24. Concluding Remarks
• Publisher Details: Oxford : Woodhead Publishing
• Publication Date: 2019
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 620.1050151825; Continuum mechanics -- Mathematics; Finite element method
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9780081026397
• Related ISBNs: 9780081026380
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