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Effect of Inclusion Agglomeration and Percolation on the Dynamic Stiffness of Composite Materials with Coated Spherical Inclusions
Author(s) -
Andermatt Samuel T.,
Gusev Andrei A.
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
advanced engineering materials
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.938
H-Index - 114
eISSN - 1527-2648
pISSN - 1438-1656
DOI - 10.1002/adem.201300459
Subject(s) - materials science , composite number , economies of agglomeration , stiffness , composite material , inclusion (mineral) , percolation (cognitive psychology) , microstructure , percolation threshold , mineralogy , chemical engineering , electrical resistivity and conductivity , chemistry , electrical engineering , neuroscience , engineering , biology
Using a combination of cross‐validated analytical and numerical tools, we investigate the effect of inclusion agglomeration on the dynamic stiffness of composite materials with coated inclusions. Our results indicate that such composite materials with percolating and agglomerating microstructures can exhibit appealing increases in both stiffness and loss moduli.