Application of the relaxation element method to some problems of stress-strain calculations of solids on mesolevel

On the basis of the relaxation element method, the stress field from the configuration of three pores in the plane under uniaxial tensile loading was calculated. The model of development of sites of localised plastic deformation in a polycrystal with absolutely hard inclusion was represented. A comparison of results, obtained by the relaxation element method and that, made by finite element method has been performed. (C) 2000 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved.