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TL;DR: In this paper, the authors extended the hierarchical multiscale approach developed earlier by the authors to model the coupled hydro-mechanical behavior for saturated granular soils, and further key consideration of the pore fluid and its flow.

TL;DR: In this article, the influence of interphase thickness and gradient in elastic modulus on the elastic properties and stress distribution of carbon nanotube composite is examined, in order to shed some light on experimental parameters that are difficult to measure.

TL;DR: In this paper, a homogeneous, orthotropic couple-stress continuum model is developed to take the place of the periodic heterogeneous cellular solids, and four characteristic lengths are introduced as material engineering constants for such kind of continuum.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors compared the thermal conductivity of a composite made using the equivalent inclusion method (EIM) and the finite element method (FEM) using representative volume elements.

TL;DR: In this paper, a strain-gradient continuum model with effective mechanical properties at the first and second order, accounting for the impact of the underlying microstructure on the overall effective mechanical response of the effective continuum is presented.