The effective conductivity of arrays of squares: Large random unit cells and extreme contrast ratios

Journal of Computational Physics

Volumn 230, Issue 20, 2011, Pages 7533-7547

  Helsing, Johan ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Fast solver; Homogenization; Integral equation; Metamaterial; Random checkerboard

Indexed keywords

ACCURATE COMPUTATIONS; CONTRAST-RATIO; EFFECTIVE CONDUCTIVITY; EQUATION BASED; FAST COMPUTATION; FAST SOLVERS; HOMOGENIZATION; RANDOM CHECKERBOARD; RANDOM UNIT CELL; UNIT CELLS;

INTEGRAL EQUATIONS;

EID: 79961020934     PISSN: 00219991     EISSN: 10902716     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcp.2011.05.032     Document Type: Article

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