Material spatial randomness: From statistical to representative volume element - Ostoja-Starzewski, Martin (Probabilistic engineering mechanics, 2006)
Keywords: Exact sciences and technology; Fundamental areas of phenomenology (including applications); Inelasticity (thermoplasticity, viscoplasticity...); Physics; Random media; Representative volume element; Scale effects; Solid mechanics; Static elasticity (thermoelasticity...); Statistical volume element; Structural and continuum mechanics; Vibration, mechanical wave, dynamic stability (aeroelasticity, vibration control...); Representative volume element; Random media; Scale effects; Statistical volume element; Neumann problem; High strain; Statistical analysis; Probabilistic approach; Scale effect; Periodicity; Homogenization; Mechanical properties; Permeability; Modeling; Inelasticity; Mesoscale; Boundary value problem; Linear elasticity; Size effect; Dirichlet problem; Random medium; Deterministic approach