Effective conductivity of dispersions of spheres with a superconducting interface

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作者
Cheng, H [1 ]
Torquato, S [1 ]
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[1] PRINCETON UNIV, PRINCETON MAT INST, PRINCETON, NJ 08544 USA
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PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY A-MATHEMATICAL PHYSICAL AND ENGINEERING SCIENCES | 1997年 / 453卷 / 1961期
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10.1098/rspa.1997.0073
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O [数理科学和化学]; P [天文学、地球科学]; Q [生物科学]; N [自然科学总论];
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07 ; 0710 ; 09 ;
摘要
We consider the problem of exactly determining the effective thermal conductivity, sigma(eff), of a composite material consisting of periodic or random arrays of spheres which possess superconducting interfaces. This requires the solution of the local temperature field in which there is a jump in the normal component of the heat flux across the sphere-matrix interface. The strength of this interface is characterized by a dimensionless parameter C greater than or equal to 0 such that C = 0 corresponds to the usual perfect interface case. An approximate formula for the effective conductivity, sigma(eff), compares favourably with our results for a wide range of sphere volume fractions, phase conductivity ratios, and values of the interfacial strength C.
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