RVE realization cell

The standard RVE realization cell used in the work below contained platelets of aspect ratio 100 1 to a filling fi action of 4% (by aiea). The standard elastic constants for the matrix and platelet materials are given by Equations (15.17) and (15.18), and the applied strain was always 1%. Both straight and curved platelets were generally constructed using 10 segments (the corners of which acted as seed points), and meshed such that no angle was below 30". 

Figure 15.9. A typical RVE realization cell for randomly orientated and randomly distributed single-layer straight platelets, on application of a 1% constant-width a strain...

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