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Keywords:
homogenization; effective properties; variational methods; nonlinear composites
homogenization; effective properties; variational methods; nonlinear composites
Summary:
In this paper we derive lower bounds and upper bounds on the effective properties for nonlinear heterogeneous systems. The key result to obtain these bounds is to derive a variational principle, which generalizes the variational principle by P. Ponte Castaneda from 1992. In general, when the Ponte Castaneda variational principle is used one only gets either a lower or an upper bound depending on the growth conditions. In this paper we overcome this problem by using our new variational principle together with the bounds presented by Lukkassen, Persson and Wall in 1995. Moreover, we also present some examples where the bounds are so tight that they may be used as a good estimate of the effective behavior.
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