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Determination of the Overall Moduli in Second Order Incompressible Elasticity

Imam, Ali; Johnson, George C.; Ferrari, Mauro

UCB/SEMM-1994/16, Dept. of Civil Engineering, University of California, Berkeley, 1994-06, 37 pages

The problem of finding the overall second order elastic moduli for a two phase material is considered. The model material consists of an incompressible, isotropic matrix containing spherical inclusions which are also incompressible and isotropic. Explicit expressions for elastic constants are obtained.

Available online: http://nisee.berkeley.edu/documents/SEMM/SEMM-94-16.pdf (1 MB)