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On the Size of Representative Volume Element in Elastic, Plastic, Thermoelastic and Permeable Random Microstructures

Journal Materials Science Forum (Volumes 539 - 543)
Volume THERMEC 2006
Edited by T. Chandra, K. Tsuzaki, M. Militzer , C. Ravindran
Pages 201-206
DOI 10.4028/www.scientific.net/MSF.539-543.201
Citation Martinos Ostoja-Starzewski et al., 2007, Materials Science Forum, 539-543, 201
Online since March, 2007
Authors Martinos Ostoja-Starzewski, X. Du, Z.F. Khisaeva, W. Li
Keywords Elasto-Plasticity, Finite Elasticity, Mesoscale Bounds, Permeability, Random Composites, Representative Volume Element (RVE), Thermoelasticity
Abstract

The Representative Volume Element (so-called RVE) is the corner stone of continuum mechanics. In this paper we examine the scaling to RVE in linear elasticity, finite elasticity, elasto-plasticity, thermoelasticity, and permeability of random composite materials.

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