EFFECTIVE MATERIAL PROPERTIES IN THE LIMIT OF LARGE DEFECT CONCENTRATION

Authors
KRAJCINOVIC D
Citation
D. Krajcinovic, EFFECTIVE MATERIAL PROPERTIES IN THE LIMIT OF LARGE DEFECT CONCENTRATION, Engineering fracture mechanics, 57(2-3), 1997, pp. 227-240
Citations number
59
Categorie Soggetti
Mechanics
Journal title
Engineering fracture mechanics → ACNP
ISSN journal
00137944
Volume
57
Issue
2-3
Year of publication
1997
Pages
227 - 240
Database
ISI
SICI code
0013-7944(1997)57:2-3<227:EMPITL>2.0.ZU;2-V
Abstract
The present summary of the elastic percolation theory is intended as a n illustration of a novel field of statistical physics which can be fr uitfully applied in the analysis of elastic materials with a heterogen eous microstructure. A short precis of effective continua and mean hel d theories is provided as a rationale for the application of percolati on theory. Characteristic lengths are used to define the statistical h omogeneity. (C) 1997 Elsevier Science Ltd.