TY  - EJOU
AU  - Yang, Qing-Sheng  
AU  - Becker, Wilfried  

TI  - A Comparative Investigation of Different Homogenization Methods for Prediction of the Macroscopic Properties of Composites
T2  - Computer Modeling in Engineering \& Sciences

PY  - 2004
VL  - 6
IS  - 4
SN  - 1526-1506

AB  - The present paper focuses on the comparative investigation of different homogenization methods for fiber composites, void solids and rigid inclusion media. The effective properties of multi-phase media are calculated by three methods, i.e. direct average method of stress and strain, direct average method of strain energy and two-scale expansion method. A comprehensive comparison, in principle and numerically, of these methods is emphasized. It is obvious that the two direct average methods are identical in principle and therefore they give the same numerical results. It is shown that the two-scale expansion method is the same as the direct average concept of field quantities in principle but is expressed by different mathematical form so that it gives very close predictions with that of direct average methods.
KW  - composites
KW  -  homogenization
KW  -  effective properties
KW  -  micromechanics

DO  - 10.3970/cmes.2004.006.319