| Affiliation: | (1) LNM (State Key Laboratory of Nonlinear Mechanics), Institute of Mechanics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, P.R. China;(2) School of Applied Sciences, University of Sciences and Technology Beijing, Beijing, P.R. China |
| Abstract: | The frequency-dependent dynamic effective properties of the particle-reinforced composites with the viscoelastic matrix are studied. Several equations to predict the effective wavenumber of the coherent plane waves propagating through particle-reinforced composites are discussed and the equation given by Gubernatis, J.E., [‘Effects of microstructure on speed and attenuation of elastic waves in porous materials’, Wave Motion, 6, 1984, 579–589] based on the independent scattering approximation is used in this paper. The effective phase velocity, the effective attenuation and the effective elastic moduli are evaluated. Numerical calculations are carried out for two kinds of composites, namely, Lead-Epoxy and Glass-Epoxy and the numerical results show that the frequency-dependent dynamic effective properties are related to both the multiple scattering effects among the distributed particles and the viscous dissipative effects of the viscoelastic matrix. However, these effects in the composites with distributed heavy particles (lead) and light particles (glass) are of evidently different features. |
