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Effective elastic properties of composites of ellipsoids (I). Nearly spherical inclusions

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  • Wei, Gaoyuan
  • Edwards, S.F.

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Exact formulation for calculating effective elastic moduli of an isotropic two-phase disordered composite with ellipsoidal or elliptic inclusions are given in the mean-field approximation, which yields simple analytic expansions of effective Poisson ratio and Young's modulus to second order in the small asphericity parameters for nearly disc-like and spherical inclusions. Analytic expansions to fifth order in these parameters of the depolarizing or demagnetizing factors for nearly spherical ellipsoids have also been obtained, as have those to second order of the critical parameters of the auxeticity windows in the case of rigid auxetic inclusions randomly embedded in an incompressible matrix. For a matrix having a non-negative Poisson ratio, it is found that auxeticity windows for both inclusion volume or area fraction and the ratio of Young's modulus of inclusion to that of a matrix exist only for auxetic inclusions, and a maximum effective Young's modulus occurs at a certain value of volume fraction of auxetic inclusions that are not far from disc-like or spherical. This maximum Young's modulus effect may be exploited to produce technologically important high-strength auxetic composites.

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  • Wei, Gaoyuan & Edwards, S.F., 1999. "Effective elastic properties of composites of ellipsoids (I). Nearly spherical inclusions," Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications, Elsevier, vol. 264(3), pages 388-403.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:phsmap:v:264:y:1999:i:3:p:388-403
    DOI: 10.1016/S0378-4371(98)00465-8
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    1. Parviz, Hadi & Fakoor, Mahdi, 2020. "Free vibration of a composite plate with spatially varying Gaussian properties under uncertain thermal field using assumed mode method," Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications, Elsevier, vol. 559(C).
    2. Xu, Wenxiang & Chen, Wen & Chen, Huisu & Tian, Xia & Zhao, Haitao, 2014. "Determination of overlapping degree of interfacial layers around polydisperse ellipsoidal particles in particulate composites," Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications, Elsevier, vol. 399(C), pages 126-136.

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