New insights on homogenization for hexagonal-shaped composites as Cosserat continua

Abstract In this work, particle composite materials with different kind of microstructures are analyzed. Such described as made rigid particles and elastic interfaces. Rigid arbitrary hexagonal shape considered their geometry is by a limited set parameters. Three textures analyzed static analyses performed for comparison among the solutions discrete, micropolar (Cosserat) classical models. particular, displacements discrete model compared to displacement fields equivalent continua realized through homogenization technique, starting from representative elementary volume detected numeric approach. The show effectiveness adopting continuum theory describing such materials.