APPLICATIONS OF MATHEMATICS, Vol. 48, No. 2, pp. 97-110, 2003

Some methods for calculating stiffness properties
of periodic structures

Stein A. Berggren, Dag Lukkassen, Annette Meidell, Leon Simula

S. A. Berggren, D. Lukkassen, A. Meidell and L. Simula, Narvik University College, N-8505 Narvik, Norway, e-mail: Dag.Lukkassen@hin.no

Abstract: We present a general numerical method for calculating effective elastic properties of periodic structures based on the homogenization method. Some concrete numerical examples are presented.

Keywords: homogenization theory, numerical methods, effective stiffness properties

Classification (MSC 2000): 35B27, 74Qxx

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