A discrete network approximation for effective conductivity of non-Ohmic high-contrast composites

We develop a discrete network approximation to effective conductivity of high contrast, highly packed particulate composites with nonlinear constituent relations. The key tool is the perforated medium approach, which provides a simple mathematical justification of the discrete network approximation by variational techniques.

Keywords

Effective conductivity, discrete network, variational bounds

2010 Mathematics Subject Classification

74Q05, 94C05

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Published 1 January 2009