Micromechanical studies of composites by BEM

Over the last five years BEM has been developed into a very effective tool for micromechanical studies of composites. The analyses developed range from static elastic analysis, steady state heat transfer, steady state and transient thermoelastic analysis, periodic and transient dynamic analysis. Currently some of these analyses are being extended to nonlinear micromechanical analyses involving viscoplasticity, elastoplasticity, combined plasticity fracture and creep. The paper describes some of the results for elastic analysis, heat transfer and thermoelastic analyses.