caa a22 4500 467913862 CHVBK 20180406152856.0 cr unu---uuuuu 170328e20061201xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s10999-007-9038-y doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s10999-007-9038-y Elastic property prediction by finite element analysis with random distribution of materials for heterogeneous solids [Elektronische Daten] [L. Xu, H. Fan, K. Sze, Chuan Li] In the present paper, finite element method is employed to predict the effective material properties of heterogeneous materials via random distributions of the constituent materials. With the random distributing strategy, massive parametric analysis via finite element becomes feasible for multi-phase heterogeneous solids. Using a two-phase bi-continuous material as an example, the effects of the specimen size with respect to the characteristic size of the micro-structural size and the element density on the predicted effective properties are considered. The numerical predictions of the effective properties are checked by two analytical bounds which were proposed by Hashin and Shtrikemn (1963) through the principle of variation and the matrix-fiber model. Some discussions on the finite element prediction are also made to clarify the status of the present work in the composite mechanics research. Springer Science+Business Media B.V., 2007 Finite element analysis nationallicence Effective modulus nationallicence Composite nationallicence Random distribution nationallicence Xu L. School of Mechatronics Engineering, University of Electronic Science & Technology, Chengdu, P.R. China aut Fan H. School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, 639798, Singapore, Singapore aut Sze K. Department of Mechanical Engineering, The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam, Hong Kong SAR, P.R. China aut Li Chuan School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, 639798, Singapore, Singapore aut International Journal of Mechanics and Materials in Design Springer Netherlands 3/4(2006-12-01), 319-327 1569-1713 3:4<319 2006 3 10999 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10999-007-9038-y text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10999-007-9038-y text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Xu L. School of Mechatronics Engineering, University of Electronic Science & Technology, Chengdu, P.R. China aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Fan H. School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, 639798, Singapore, Singapore aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Sze K. Department of Mechanical Engineering, The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam, Hong Kong SAR, P.R. China aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Li Chuan School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, 639798, Singapore, Singapore aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- International Journal of Mechanics and Materials in Design Springer Netherlands 3/4(2006-12-01), 319-327 1569-1713 3:4<319 2006 3 10999 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer