Abstract
A generalized self-consistent method is extended to particulate viscoelastic composites with elastomeric matrices and high volume fractions of elastic inclusions. It is shown that the effective bulk modulus of a composite coincides with the bulk modulus of particles. A quadratic operator equation is derived for an analog of the effective shear relaxation kernel. This equation is explicitly solved using the Laplace transform method. The influence of material and geometrical parameters of a composite on its effective viscoelastic moduli is analyzed numerically.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 11-25 |
| Number of pages | 15 |
| Journal | Mathematical and Computer Modelling |
| Volume | 29 |
| Issue number | 4 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - 1 Feb 1999 |
| Externally published | Yes |
Keywords
- Effective moduli
- Particulate composites
- Polymers
- Self-consistent method
- Viscoelasticity
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Modeling and Simulation
- Computer Science Applications