Microstructural efficiency: structured morphologies

Title: Microstructural efficiency: structured morphologies
Creator: Rawson, Anthony J.; Kisi, Erich; Wensrich, Christopher
Relation: International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer Vol. 81, Issue February 2015, p. 820-828
Publisher Link: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijheatmasstransfer.2014.11.012
Publisher: Elsevier
Resource Type: journal article
Date: 2015
Description: The effective conductivity of binary composites may be estimated through a number of analytical, empirical and numerical methods. These methods must incorporate the relative conductivities, the volume fractions and morphologies of the constituent materials. The concept of microstructural efficiency is introduced in this paper as a means of quantifying the effect of morphology on effective conductivity in a composite. The variation of microstructural efficiency on structured prismatic and three dimensional morphologies is calculated using a Lattice Monte Carlo method. This information enables discussion of the advantages and disadvantages of particular morphologies as conductors or insulators in addition to providing a method for calculating effective conductivity.
Subject: microstructural efficiency; effective conductivity; lattice Monte Carlo; structured morphology
Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/1959.13/1334477
Identifier: uon:27300
Identifier: ISSN:0017-9310
Language: eng
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