@article {6488,
	title = {Optimal design and non\&ndash;linear computation of mechanical behavior of sphere reinforced composites},
	journal = {Composites Part B: Engineering},
	volume = {126},
	year = {2017},
	pages = {38-48},
	publisher = {Elsevier},
	abstract = {
	This paper presents an efficient method to automatically generate and mesh random non{\textendash}periodic three dimensional (3D) microstructures for three classes of complex heterogeneous media having a wide range of important engineering applications,\&nbsp;porous media, composites with\&nbsp;interfacial debonding\&nbsp;and composites with high density particles. The resulting 3D microstructure is intentionally constructed to be easily and efficiently implemented in standard finite element computational codes. Several examples of 3D\&nbsp;representative volume elements\&nbsp;are shown. The performance of the proposal in\&nbsp;finite element analysis\&nbsp;is demonstrated in numerical implementation to predict the effective non{\textendash}linear elastic{\textendash}plastic response of two{\textendash}phase\&nbsp;particulate composites\&nbsp;reinforced with spherical particles. The main result achieved is the estimation of the effective plastic\&nbsp;tangent modulus\&nbsp;by a simple linear\&nbsp;regression equation\&nbsp;for different volume fractions.

},
	isbn = {1359-8368},
	author = {A BENHIZIA and T OUTTAS and T KANIT and A IMAD}
}
