An effective medium theory for multi-phase matrix-based dielectric composites with randomly oriented ellipsoidal inclusions

International Journal of Engineering Science

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 2-16

  Benveniste, Y ^a   Milton, G W ^b  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

Author keywords

Heterogeneous material; Multi phase composites; Particulate reinforced material

Indexed keywords

ALGEBRAIC EQUATIONS; AVERAGE FIELD; DIELECTRIC COMPOSITES; DIFFERENTIAL SCHEME; EFFECTIVE MEDIUM; EFFECTIVE MEDIUM APPROXIMATION; EFFECTIVE MEDIUM THEORIES; EFFECTIVE PROPERTY; ELLIPSOIDAL INCLUSIONS; EMBEDDED ELEMENT; FAR-FIELD; FINITE GROUPS; HASHIN-SHTRIKMAN BOUNDS; HETEROGENEOUS MATERIALS; MATRIX; MATRIX MATERIALS; MEAN FIELD METHODS; MORI-TANAKA; MORI-TANAKA MODELS; MULTIPHASE COMPOSITES; NUMERICAL RESULTS; PARTICULATE REINFORCED MATERIALS; PHASE MATRIX; THREE-PHASE COMPOSITES; UNIFORM ELECTRIC FIELDS; UNIFORM FIELDS; VOLUMETRIC RATIO;

DIFFERENTIATION (CALCULUS); ELECTRIC FIELDS; FORECASTING; INCLUSIONS; MATERIALS; MATRIX ALGEBRA; SHEAR DEFORMATION;

PARTICLE REINFORCED COMPOSITES;

EID: 78649629677     PISSN: 00207225     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijengsci.2010.06.019     Document Type: Article

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