Variational methods, bounds, and size effects for composites with highly conducting interface

Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 361-384

  Lipton, Robert ^a  

^a Worcester Polytechnic Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

B. constitutive behaviour; B. inhomogeneous material; C. variational calculus; Electrical conduction

Indexed keywords

CORRELATION METHODS; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY OF SOLIDS; INTERFACIAL ENERGY; MATHEMATICAL OPERATORS; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; PHASE INTERFACES; PROBLEM SOLVING; SPHERES; SUSPENSIONS (FLUIDS); TENSORS; VARIATIONAL TECHNIQUES; VOLUME FRACTION;

CONDUCTING INTERFACES; DIRICHLET PROBLEMS; INHOMOGENEOUS MATERIALS;

CONDUCTIVE MATERIALS;

EID: 0031102154     PISSN: 00225096     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-5096(96)00097-X     Document Type: Article

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