Abstract: The Mori-Tanaka method is considered in the context of both scalar thermal conductivity and anisotropic elasticity of multiphase composites, and some general properties are deduced. Particular ...

Abstract: Membrane and flexural waves are limiting short wavelength solutions of the equations of motion for arbitrarily curved, smooth shells. Each distinct wave type is found using a geometrical or ray ...

Abstract: The finite and incremental elasticity of a random packing of identical spheres is derived using energy methods. We consider different models for the contact forces between spheres, all of which ...

Abstract: Simple and accurate approximations are given for the dispersion properties of flexural waves on curved shells in vacuo. The results apply to shells of arbitrary double curvature, and are valid ...

Abstract: We develop an effective medium theory of the nonlinear elasticity of a random sphere pack based upon the underlying Hertz-Mindlin theory of grain-grain contacts. We compare our predictions for ...