Microstructure measures and the minimum size of a representative volume element: 2D numerical study

• Autorzy: Łydżba D. , Różański A.

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DOI

10.2478/s11600-014-0226-5

• Języki publikacji: EN

Abstrakty

EN

In the paper, a numerical study of the size of a representative volume element (RVE) for both the heat flow as well as the linear elasticity problems is presented. A particular two-phase random microstructure is studied and the method is applied to the digital image of reconstructed 2D realization of random media. The minimum size of RVE is deter-mined by the investigation of the convergence of apparent properties as the size of RVE is increasing. Then, two estimates of the minimum RVE size are proposed and it is shown that the estimates are in a good agreement with the results determined by the investigation of the convergence of apparent properties. The minimum size of RVE can be successfully predicted based only on the microstructure morphology. The statistical measures used in this work are: the two-point probability and the lineal-path functions.

Słowa kluczowe

EN

representative volume element; RVE; two-point probability; lineal-path

PL

reprezentatywny element objętościowy; RVE; prawdopodobieństwo dwupunktowe; lineal-path

• Wydawca: Instytut Geofizyki PAN ; Springer
• Czasopismo: Acta Geophysica
• Rocznik: 2014
• Tom: Vol. 62, no. 5
• Strony: 1060--1086
• Opis fizyczny: Bibliogr. 26 poz.

Twórcy

autor

Łydżba D.

• Wrocław University of Technology, Institute of Geotechnics and Hydrotechnics, Wrocław, Poland

autor

Różański A.

• Wrocław University of Technology, Institute of Geotechnics and Hydrotechnics, Wrocław, Poland

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