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Micromechanical Estimates Compared to FE-Based Methods for Modelling the Behaviour of Micro-Cracked Viscoelastic Materials
- Sarah Abou Chakra,
- Benoît Bary,
- Eric Lemarchand,
- Christophe Bourcier,
- Sylvie Granet and
- Jean Talandier
The purpose of this study is to investigate the effective behaviour of a micro-cracked material whose matrix bulk and shear moduli are ruled by a linear viscoelastic Burgers model. The analysis includes a detailed study of randomly oriented and distr...

