Industry/University Cooperative Research Project: Effect of Microstructure on Conduction, Diffusion and Flow in Disordered Composite Media

用理论和计算机模拟技术研究了复合材料和多孔介质的整体输运性质的确定。感兴趣的特性包括与流过固定包裹体有关的扩散系数、复合和多孔介质的导热系数以及多孔介质的流体渗透性。此外，这里使用的许多通用技术和结果也适用于确定复合材料和多孔介质的弹性模数的相关问题。需要预测一大类微结构以及大范围的相属性值和体积分数的有效性质。

The determination of the bulk transport properties of composite and porous media is studied using both theoretical and computer-simulation techniques. Properties of interest include the diffusion coefficient associated with flow past fixed inclusions, thermal conductivity of composite and porous media, and the fluid permeability of porous media. Moreover, many of the general techniques and results employed here apply as well to the related problem of determining the elastic moduli of composite and porous media. It is desired to predict the effective properties for a broad class of microstructures and for a wide range of phase property values and volume fractions.