Walker diffusion method for calculation of transport properties of composite materials

被引:23
作者
Van Siclen, CD [1 ]
机构
[1] Idaho Natl Lab, Idaho Falls, ID 83415 USA
关键词
D O I
10.1103/PhysRevE.59.2804
中图分类号
O35 [流体力学]; O53 [等离子体物理学];
学科分类号
070204 ; 080103 ; 080704 ;
摘要
The morphology of a multiphase microstructure greatly influences the macroscopic transport properties of the composite material. These properties are shown to be related to the diffusion coefficient of a random (nonbiased) walker. The proper diffusion rules are found by considering an isomorphic image of the microstructure in which distinct populations of walkers correspond to the phase domains, with the walker density of a population proportional to the transport coefficient of the corresponding domain. To demonstrate the method, it is applied to disordered two-phase percolating composites. [S1063-651X(99)14603-8].
引用
收藏
页码:2804 / 2807
页数:4
相关论文
共 18 条
[1]  
[Anonymous], ADV CHEM PHYS
[2]   TRANSPORT IN A 2-COMPONENT RANDOMLY COMPOSITE-MATERIAL - SCALING THEORY AND COMPUTER-SIMULATIONS OF TERMITE DIFFUSION NEAR THE SUPERCONDUCTING LIMIT [J].
BUNDE, A ;
CONIGLIO, A ;
HONG, DC ;
STANLEY, HE .
JOURNAL OF PHYSICS A-MATHEMATICAL AND GENERAL, 1985, 18 (03) :L137-L144
[3]   LOCAL POROSITY THEORY FOR ELECTRICAL AND HYDRODYNAMICAL TRANSPORT THROUGH POROUS-MEDIA [J].
HILFER, R .
PHYSICA A, 1993, 194 (1-4) :406-414
[4]   GEOMETRIC AND DIELECTRIC CHARACTERIZATION OF POROUS-MEDIA [J].
HILFER, R .
PHYSICAL REVIEW B, 1991, 44 (01) :60-75
[5]   RANDOM-WALK APPROACH TO THE 2-COMPONENT RANDOM-CONDUCTOR MIXTURE - PERTURBING AWAY FROM THE PERFECT RANDOM RESISTOR NETWORK AND RANDOM SUPERCONDUCTING-NETWORK LIMITS [J].
HONG, DC ;
STANLEY, HE ;
CONIGLIO, A ;
BUNDE, A .
PHYSICAL REVIEW B, 1986, 33 (07) :4564-4573
[6]   THE ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY OF COMPOSITE MEDIA [J].
KERNER, EH .
PROCEEDINGS OF THE PHYSICAL SOCIETY OF LONDON SECTION B, 1956, 69 (08) :802-807
[7]   DETERMINATION OF THE EFFECTIVE CONDUCTIVITY OF HETEROGENEOUS MEDIA BY BROWNIAN-MOTION SIMULATION [J].
KIM, IC ;
TORQUATO, S .
JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYSICS, 1990, 68 (08) :3892-3903
[8]   An effective medium model for the electric conductivity of an N-component anisotropic and percolating mixture [J].
Koelman, JMVA ;
de Kuijper, A .
PHYSICA A-STATISTICAL MECHANICS AND ITS APPLICATIONS, 1997, 247 (1-4) :10-22
[9]   PHYSICS OF INHOMOGENEOUS INORGANIC MATERIALS [J].
NAN, CW .
PROGRESS IN MATERIALS SCIENCE, 1993, 37 (01) :1-116
[10]   TRANSPORT-PROPERTIES OF DISORDERED CONTINUUM-SYSTEMS [J].
SCHWARTZ, LM ;
BANAVAR, JR .
PHYSICAL REVIEW B, 1989, 39 (16) :11965-11970