Effective elasticity tensor of a periodic composite (Q800112)
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Effective elasticity tensor of a periodic composite (English)
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1984
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The effective elasticity tensor of a composite is defined to be the four- tensor C which relates the average stress to the average strain. We determine it for an array of rigid spheres centered on the points of a periodic lattice in a homogeneous isotropic elastic medium. We first express C in terms of the traction exerted on a single sphere by the medium, and then derive an integral equation for this traction. We solve this equation numerically for simple, body-centered and face-centered cubic lattices with inclusion concentrations up to 90 \% of the close- packing concentration. For lattices with cubic symmetry the effective elasticity tensor involves just three parameters, which we compute from the solution for the traction. We obtain approximate asymptotic formulas for low concentrations which agree well with the numerical results. We also derive asymptotic results for C at high inclusion concentrations for arbitrary lattice geometries. We find them to be in good agreement with the numerical results for cubic lattices.
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effective elasticity tensor
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composite
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four-tensor
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average stress
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average strain
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array of rigid spheres
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points of a periodic lattice
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homogeneous isotropic elastic medium
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integral equation
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traction
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body- centered and face-centered cubic lattices
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inclusion concentrations
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approximate asymptotic formulas
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