Effective properties of particulate composites with surface-varying interphases

Lidiia Nazarenko, Henryk Stolarski, Holm Altenbach

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Abstract

A concept of equivalent inhomogeneity is adopted to facilitate analysis of effective properties of particulate composites with surface-varying interphases. The basic idea is to replace the inhomogeneity and its interphase by a single equivalent inhomogeneity, combining properties of both. It is illustrated considering spherical inhomogeneity with spring layer model of interphases. Due to surface-varying properties of the interphase the resulting equivalent inhomogeneity is anisotropic. Thus, the Method of Conditional Moment – developed for composites with anisotropic constituents – is applied in analysis of the effective properties of the composite. For particular case of homogeneous interphase, the results obtained here are compared with those available in the literature.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)268-284
Number of pages17
JournalComposites Part B: Engineering
Volume149
DOIs
StatePublished - Sep 15 2018

Bibliographical note

Funding Information:
LN and HS gratefully acknowledge the financial support by the German Research Foundation (DFG) via Projects NA1203/1-1 and NA1203/1-2 .

Publisher Copyright:
© 2018 Elsevier Ltd

Keywords

  • A. Particle-reinforcement
  • B. Interface/interphase
  • B. Surface properties
  • C. Analytical modeling

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