Computation of bounds elastic properties of polycrystals based on fast fourier transform method

The present paper derives numerical bounds of the elastic properties of polycrystals. The homogenized elastic coefficients are computed from Voronoi-type unit cells. The main result of the article detemines the upper and lower bounds for a case of polycrystals made up of cubic single crystals by using the fast Fourier transform method (FFT) based on the shape function.