Weighted effective medium approximations for conductivity of random composites

International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer

Volumn 51, Issue 13-14, 2008, Pages 3355-3361

  Pham, Duc Chinh ^a  

^a GRADUATE UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Viet Nam)

Author keywords

Conductivity; Effective medium approximation; Random composite; Weight parameter

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; MATRIX ALGEBRA; NUMERICAL METHODS; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY;

EFFECTIVE MEDIUM APPROXIMATION; RANDOM COMPOSITE; WEIGHT PARAMETER;

COMPOSITE MATERIALS;

APPROXIMATION THEORY; COMPOSITE MATERIALS; MATRIX ALGEBRA; NUMERICAL METHODS; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY;

EID: 44649168161     PISSN: 00179310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijheatmasstransfer.2007.11.035     Document Type: Article

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