Huiming Yin is an associate professor in the Department of Civil Engineering and Engineering Mechanics at Columbia University, USA Yingtao Zhaois an associate professor in the School of Aerospace Engineering at Beijing Institute of Technology, China

"I am yet to read a book on micromechanics of composite materials with this level of description."—Gangadhara Prusty, University of New South Wales, Australia"This book would be appropriate for advanced students in materials science or mechanical engineering interested in modeling the micro-mechanical behavior of materials. It provides a good introduction to the subject…"—IEEE Electrical Insulation, January/February 2017

• Introduction. Vectors and Tensors. Spherical Inclusion and Inhomogeneity. Ellipsoidal Inclusion and Inhomogeneity. Volume Integrals and Averages in Inclusion and Inhomogeneity Problems. Homogenization for Effective Elasticity Based on the Energy Methods. Homogenization for Effective Elasticity Based on the Vectorial Methods. Homogenization for Effective Elasticity Based on the Perturbation Method. Defects in Materials: Void, Microcrack, Dislocation, and Damage. Boundary Effects on Particulate Composites. References.

Huiming Yin is an associate professor in the Department of Civil Engineering and Engineering Mechanics at Columbia University, USA Yingtao Zhaois an associate professor in the School of Aerospace Engineering at Beijing Institute of Technology, China

"I am yet to read a book on micromechanics of composite materials with this level of description."—Gangadhara Prusty, University of New South Wales, Australia"This book would be appropriate for advanced students in materials science or mechanical engineering interested in modeling the micro-mechanical behavior of materials. It provides a good introduction to the subject…"—IEEE Electrical Insulation, January/February 2017

• Introduction. Vectors and Tensors. Spherical Inclusion and Inhomogeneity. Ellipsoidal Inclusion and Inhomogeneity. Volume Integrals and Averages in Inclusion and Inhomogeneity Problems. Homogenization for Effective Elasticity Based on the Energy Methods. Homogenization for Effective Elasticity Based on the Vectorial Methods. Homogenization for Effective Elasticity Based on the Perturbation Method. Defects in Materials: Void, Microcrack, Dislocation, and Damage. Boundary Effects on Particulate Composites. References.

Huiming Yin is an associate professor in the Department of Civil Engineering and Engineering Mechanics at Columbia University, USA Yingtao Zhaois an associate professor in the School of Aerospace Engineering at Beijing Institute of Technology, China

"I am yet to read a book on micromechanics of composite materials with this level of description."—Gangadhara Prusty, University of New South Wales, Australia"This book would be appropriate for advanced students in materials science or mechanical engineering interested in modeling the micro-mechanical behavior of materials. It provides a good introduction to the subject…"—IEEE Electrical Insulation, January/February 2017

• Introduction. Vectors and Tensors. Spherical Inclusion and Inhomogeneity. Ellipsoidal Inclusion and Inhomogeneity. Volume Integrals and Averages in Inclusion and Inhomogeneity Problems. Homogenization for Effective Elasticity Based on the Energy Methods. Homogenization for Effective Elasticity Based on the Vectorial Methods. Homogenization for Effective Elasticity Based on the Perturbation Method. Defects in Materials: Void, Microcrack, Dislocation, and Damage. Boundary Effects on Particulate Composites. References.