Abstract: A theory of composite materials is proposed which is based on the continuum theory of mixtures. The constituents of a composite are modeled as superimposed continua which undergo individual ...

Abstract: A continuum theory, for a heat-conducting, porous elastic solid saturated by a mixture of heat-conducting, viscous compressible fluids, is developed using the continuum theory of mixtures. Gradients ...

Abstract: An extension of the effective stiffness theory developed for elastic laminates by Sun, Achenbach, and Herrmann [1] is presented in a form suitable for the solution of dynamical processes in ...

Abstract: For a simplified model of a laminated medium consisting of alternating layers of elastic and viscoelastic materials, the dispersion and attenuation characteristics for “plane,” longitudinal waves ...

Abstract: Equations for two-phase flow are used to analyze the one-dimensional sedimentation of solid particles in a stationary container of liquid. A derivation of the equations of motion is presented ...