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On the effective elasticity of a two-dimensional homogenised incompressible elastic composite

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 November 2011

Robert Lipton
Robert Lipton
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Mathematical Sciences Institute, Caldwell Hall, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853, U.S.A.
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Synopsis

The set of effective elasticity tensors for all two-dimensional mixtures of two isotropic incompressible elastic materials taken in prescribed proportion is described. In two dimensions the effective tensors are completely characterised by bounds on their eigenvalues.

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Proceedings of the Royal Society of Edinburgh Section A: Mathematics , Volume 110 , Issue 1-2 , 1988 , pp. 45 - 61
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Copyright © Royal Society of Edinburgh 1988

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