Introduction

In the previous lectures, we have seen the various micromechanics based approaches to find the effective composite properties. In the standard mechanics approach we introduced the concept of local structure tensor which relates the macroscopic or average strains or stresses in composite to microscopic or local strains or stresses in the phases of composite. In the standard mechanics approach the boundary conditions are chosen such that the applied displacements or tractions produce average strains or stresses in the RVE material.

In this lecture we are going to introduce the concept of homogenization.

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