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A New Model to Predict Effective Elastic Constants of Composites with Spherical Fillers  

Kim, Jung-Yun (School of Mechanical and Automotive Engineering, Catholic University of Daegu)
Lee, Jae-Kon (School of Mechanical and Automotive Engineering, Catholic University of Daegu)
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Journal of Mechanical Science and Technology / v.20, no.11, 2006 , pp. 1891-1897 More about this Journal
Abstract
In this study, a new model to predict the effective elastic constants of composites with spherical fillers is proposed. The original Eshelby model is extended to a finite filler volume fraction without using Mori-Tanaka's mean field approach. When single filler is embedded in the matrix, the effective elastic constants of the composite are computed. The composite is in turn considered as a new matrix, where new single filler is again embedded in the matrix. The predicted results by the present model with a series of embedding procedures are compared with those by Mori-Tanaka, self-consistent, and generalized self-consistent models. It is revealed through parametric studies such as stiffness ratio of the filler to the matrix and filler volume fraction that the present model gives more accurate predictions than Mori-Tanaka model without using the complicated numerical scheme used in self-consistent and generalized self-consistent models.
Keywords
Effective Elastic Constants; Eshelby Model; Mori-Tanaka Model; Self-Consistent Model; Generalized Self-Consistent Model; Spherical Filler;
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