“…To this end, direct method based on Melan and Koiter's theorem has a remarkable advantage over the conventional incremental method since they allow the strengths to be calculated without considering the specific load history. Using direct methods (DM) constructed from static theorem in conjunction with the finite element (FE) based homogenization techniques, Weichert et al [9], Magoariec et al [10], Bourgeois et al [11], Zhang et al [12], You et al [13], Chen et al [14], Zhang et al [15,16] elucidated in their works how the macroscopic feasible load domains of different heterogeneous materials can be calculated. Similarly, macroscopic strengths were also evaluated from numerical methods developed based on kinematic theorem, Carvelli [17], Chen and Ponter [18], Barrera et al [19], Li and Yu [20,21], Canh et al [22].…”