The foundations of classical homogenization techniques, which aim at predicting the overall
behavior of heterogeneous materials from that of their constituents, are reviewed. After …

We derive the elastic strain and stress fields in an infinite medium constituted of an n-layered
isotropic spherical inclusion, embedded in a matrix subjected to uniform stress or strain …

A new technique, which allows to characterize the local strain field over a domain
representative of the microstructure of a heterogeneous material, is described. It is based on …

One of the main specific aspects of continuum micromechanics is related to the fact that one
has generally to deal with ill-defined bodies: only partial information on the statistical …

A general theory for the homogenization of heterogeneous linear elastic materials that relies
on the concept of “morphologically representative pattern” is given. It allows the derivation of …

Summary Continuum Damage Mechanics has been applied successfully to technical
problems since the idea was introduced by Kachanov almost 40 years ago. In keeping with …

This work is devoted to the derivation of the elastic strain and stress fields in an infinite
medium constituted of an n-layered transversely isotropic cylindrical inclusion, surrounded …

This paper is devoted to the introduction of packing and size effects in micromechanical
predictions of the overall elastic moduli of particulate composite materials. Whereas …

This paper is devoted to the derivation of improved bounds for the effective behavior of
linear elastic matrix-inclusion composites based on a strategy which is inspired by both the …

This paper aims at studying the effects of a nonuniform distribution of voids on the
macroscopic yield response of porous media with a rigid-perfectly plastic matrix. For this …