?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Feprints.imtlucca.it%2F3211%2F&rft.title=Multiscale+asymptotic+homogenization+analysis+of+thermo-diffusive+composite+materials&rft.creator=Bacigalupo%2C+Andrea&rft.creator=Morini%2C+Lorenzo&rft.creator=Piccolroaz%2C+Amdrea&rft.subject=T+Technology+(General)&rft.subject=TA+Engineering+(General).+Civil+engineering+(General)&rft.description=In+this+paper+an+asymptotic+homogenization+method+for+the+analysis+of+composite+materials+with+periodic+microstructure+in+presence+of+thermodiffusion+is+described.+Appropriate+down-scaling+relations+correlating+the+microscopic+fields+to+the+macroscopic+displacements%2C+temperature+and+mass+concentration+are+introduced.+The+effects+of+the+material+inhomogeneities+are+described+by+perturbation+functions+derived+from+the+solution+of+recursive+cell+problems.+Exact+expressions+for+the+overall+elastic+and+thermodiffusive+constants+of+the+equivalent+first+order+thermodiffusive+continuum+are+derived.+The+proposed+approach+is+applied+to+the+case+of+a+two-dimensional+bi-phase+orthotropic+layered+material%2C+where+the+effective+elastic+and+thermodiffusive+properties+can+be+determined+analytically.+Considering+this+illustrative+example+and+assuming+periodic+body+forces%2C+heat+and+mass+sources+acting+on+the+medium%2C+the+solution+performed+by+the+first+order+homogenization+approach+is+compared+with+the+numerical+results+obtained+by+the+heterogeneous+model.&rft.publisher=arXiv&rft.date=2015&rft.type=Working+Paper&rft.type=NonPeerReviewed&rft.format=application%2Fpdf&rft.language=en&rft.rights=cc_by_nc&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Feprints.imtlucca.it%2F3211%2F1%2F1503.09128v3.pdf&rft.identifier=++Bacigalupo%2C+Andrea+and+Morini%2C+Lorenzo+and+Piccolroaz%2C+Amdrea++Multiscale+asymptotic+homogenization+analysis+of+thermo-diffusive+composite+materials.++Working+Paper+++arXiv+++++++(Submitted)+++&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Farxiv.org%2Fabs%2F1503.09128