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Recently Zheng & Hwang established a series of independence theorems concerning with planar effective elastic properties. It is manifested that the estimation of the effective elastic properties of microcracked solids through the generalized self-consistent method (GSCM) contradicts with these independence theorems. In this paper it is shown that such contradiction is actually caused by the approximate algorithm adopted, while the exact solution of GSCM is consistent with these rigorously established independence theorems. Since only an approximate algorithm in GCSM is available in dealing with problems involving non-circular inclusions or holes, an intrinsic GSCM is proposed, which can be performed based on an approximate algorithm and the corresponding estimations are consistent with the independence theorems.
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Danxu, D., Quanshui, Z. & Yunxin, G. Consistency between independence theorems and generalized self-consistent method. Acta Mech Sinica 13, 355–365 (1997). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02487195
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02487195