Composite Materials: Properties as Influenced by Phase Geometry / Edition 1

by Lauge Fuglsang Nielsen

Overview

In the past five decades considerable attention has been devoted to comp- ite materials. A number of expressions have been suggested by which mac- scopic properties can be predicted when the properties, geometry, and volume concentrations of the constituent components are known. Many expressions are purely empirical or semi-theoretical. Others, however, are theoretically well founded such as the exact results from the following classical boundary studies: Bounds for the elastic moduli of composites made of perfectly coherent homogeneous, isotropic linear elastic phases have been developed by Paul [1] and Hansen [2] for unrestricted phase geometry and by Hashin and Shtrikman [3] for phase geometries, which cause macroscopic homogeneity and isotropy. The composites dealt with in this book are of the latter type. For two specific situations (later referred to), Hashin [4] and Hill [5] derived exact - lutions for the bulk modulus of such materials. Hash inconsidered the so-called Composite Spheres Assemblage (CSA) consisting of tightly packed congruent composite elements made of spherical particles embedded in concentric - trix shells. Hill considered materials in which both phases have identical shear moduli. In the field of predicting the elastic moduli of homogeneous isotropic c- posite materials in general the exact Hashin and Hill solutions are of thoretical interest mainly. Only a few real composites have the geometry defined by Hashin or the stiffness distribution assumed by Hill. The enormous sign- icance, however, of the Hashin/Hill solutions is that they represent bounds which must not be violated by stiffness predicted by any new theory claiming to consider geometries in general.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9783540243854
Publisher:	Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Publication date:	07/21/2005
Edition description:	2005
Pages:	259
Product dimensions:	6.10(w) x 9.25(h) x 0.03(d)

Table of Contents

Classification of Composites.- Preliminaries on Stress/Strain.- Composite Stress and Geometry.- Composite Stiffness and Geometry.- Composite Eigenstrain/Stress.- Quantification of Geometry.- Composite Theory — Elasticity.- Composite Theory — Conductivity.- Simplified Composite Theory — Elasticity.- Simplified Composite Theory — Conductivity.- Diagnostic Aspects of Theory.- Aspects of Materials Design.- Viscoelasticity.- Viscoelastic Composites.- Final Remarks.

Editorial Reviews

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"The book is devoted to an actual research topic – how the composite materials properties are influenced by phase geometry and these properties can be predicted. … The author has been focused the reader’s attention not only to the theory, but also to many examples which have the origins in practical demands. … The book can be used by beginners (graduate level) and specialists … ." (Holm Altenbach, Zeitschrift für Angewandte Mathematik und Mechanik, Vol. 86 (10), 2006)

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