Calculation of electro and thermo static fields in matrix composite materials of regular or random microstructures |
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Authors: | S Kanaun |
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Affiliation: | Mechanical Engineering Department, ITESM-CEM, Carretera Lago de Guadalupe 4 km, Atizapan, Edo de México, 52926 México, Mexico |
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Abstract: | In the work, a numerical method for calculation of electro and thermo static fields in matrix composite materials is considered. Such materials consist of a regular or random set of isolated inclusions embedded in a homogeneous background medium (matrix). The proposed method is based on fast calculation of fields in a homogeneous medium containing a finite number of isolated inclusions. By the solution of this problem, the volume integral equations for the fields in heterogeneous media are used. Discretization of these equations is carried out by Gaussian approximating functions that allow calculating the elements of the matrix of the discretized problem in explicit analytical forms. If the grid of approximating nodes is regular, the matrix of the discretized problem proves to have the Toeplitz structure, and the matrix-vector product with such matrices can be calculated by the Fast Fourier Transform technique. The latter strongly accelerates the process of iterative solution of the discretized problem. In the case of an infinite medium containing a homogeneous in space random set of inclusions, our approach combines a self-consistent effective field method with the numerical solution of the conductivity problem for a typical cell. The method allows constructing detailed static (electric or temperature) fields in the composites with inclusions of arbitrary shapes and calculating effective conductivity coefficients of the composites. Results are given for 2D and 3D-composites and compared with the existing exact and numerical solutions. |
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Keywords: | Heterogeneous material Self-consistent method Elementary cell Gaussian approximating functions Effective conductivity |
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