Micromechanics of Composites
Multipole Expansion Approach

Introduces micromechanics researchers to the multipole expansion approach, a highly efficient analytical method that can be practiced without the expensive software and powerful computers required by computational micromechanics

Volodymyr Kushch (Author)

9780124076839

Hardback, published 31 July 2013

512 pages
23.4 x 19 x 3 cm, 1.22 kg

"Kushch presents the multipole expansion method as an alternative to computational micromechanics for analyzing heterogeneous materials on the level of individual constituents. Being mostly analytical in nature, he says, it constitutes a theoretical basis for high-performance computational algorithms and has found applications in astronomy, physics, chemistry, engineering, statistics, and other fields." --Reference & Research Book News, October 2013

Approx.496 pages

1. Introduction2. Potential fields of interacting spherical inclusions3. Periodic multipoles: application to composites4. Elastic solid with spherical inclusions5. Elasticity of composite half-space, layer and bulk6. Conductivity of a solid with spheroidal inclusions7. Elastic solid with spheroidal inclusions8. Composites with transversely isotropic constituents9. Circular fiber composite with perfect interfaces10. Fibrous composite with interface cracks11. Solids with elliptic inclusions12. Fibrous composite with anisotropic constituentsReferences

Subject Areas: Materials science [TGM]