Approximating the effective tensor as a function of the component tensors in two-dimensional composites of two anisotropic phases

DOI10.1137/17M1130356zbMATH Open1393.35012arXiv1705.02633OpenAlexW2963752297WikidataQ114074321 ScholiaQ114074321MaRDI QIDQ4570969FDOQ4570969

Authors: Graeme W. Milton 

Publication date: 5 July 2018

Published in: SIAM Journal on Mathematical Analysis (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: A conducting two-dimensional periodic composite of two anisotropic phases with anisotropic, not necessarily symmetric, conductivity tensors is considered. By finding approximate representations for the relevant operators, an approximation formula is derived for the effective matrix valued conductivity as a function of the two matrix valued conductivity tensors of the phases. This approximation should converge to the exact effective conductivity function as the number of basis fields tends to infinity. Using the approximations for the relevant operators one can also directly obtain approximations, with the same geometry, for the effective tensors of coupled field problems, including elasticity, piezoelectricity, and thermoelectricity. To avoid technical complications we assume that the phase geometry is symmetric under reflection about one of the centerlines of the unit cell.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1705.02633

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zbMATH Keywords

elasticitycompositesanalyticityconductivitycoupled fieldsanisotropic phase

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Elliptic equations and elliptic systems (35Jxx) General topics in optics and electromagnetic theory (78Axx) Spectral theory and eigenvalue problems for partial differential equations (35Pxx) Homogenization, determination of effective properties in solid mechanics (74Qxx) Inner product spaces and their generalizations, Hilbert spaces (46Cxx)

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