Wu(1966,Int J Solids Structure)The effect of inclusion shape on the elastic moduli of a two phase material英文资料.pdfVIP

Int. 3. Solids Structwes. 1966, Vol. 2, pp. 1 to 8.Pergamon Prw Ltd. Printed in Great Britain THE EFFECT OF INCLUSION SHAPE ON THE ELASTIC MODULI OF A TWO-PHASE MATERIAL* TAI TE WV Division of Engineering, Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island Abstract-A self-consistent model is used to calculate the elastic moduli of two-phase materials with the assumption that the inclusions am spheroidal. The limiting cases of needle and disk shaped inclusions are explicitly shown. It is found that the latter has the greatest effect in changing the elastic moduli of the matrix. INTRODUCTION VARIOUScalculations concerning the properties of heterogeneous materials have been reviewed recently [l]. An exact calculation appears beyond any possibility since the pre- cise distribution of the different phases cannot be specified. A low concentration of spherical inclusions was first studied by Einstein [2], but his method is difficult to extend to the study of high concentrations. Upper and lower bounds were obtained with the application of energy methods [3] and subsequently refined [4]. The exact bounds are still too far apart to provide predictions of experiment results. Curve fitting method was developed [5], but an arbitrary parameter was left unspecifkd. In order to study the effect of inclusion shapes at relatively high concentrations, the method of self-consistent field [6] provides a useful estimation An explicit calculation requires the