Micro to Macro: Composites via Homogenization

The book explores the intricacies of composite materials, highlighting their heterogeneous nature, which includes various constituents like voids and fibers. It addresses the challenges of traditional experimental methods for determining effective properties, emphasizing the impracticality of microstructural modeling at a macro scale due to significant length scale differences. The text advocates for homogenization as a more efficient alternative, allowing for statistical homogeneity and simplified modeling of mechanical responses without extensive prior data, thus overcoming limitations of conventional approaches.