Studies in Wave-Material Interaction and Design of Composite Materials
Abstract
The thrust of this project is to come up with the design and specification of advanced composite materials using dielectric ceramics, chiral polymers or piezoelectric materials as inclusions with polymer-based materials as the binders. The research is theoretical and complements the associated experimental and developmental programs on such materials at the Research Center for the Engineering of Electronic and Acoustic Materials and the Materials Research Laboratory. Basic research on the interaction of electromagnetic and acoustic fields with composite materials at wavelengths comparable to inclusion size and spacing were to be studied to come up with structure-property relations that offer better possibilities for controlling material behavior than those permitted by simple mixing rules. Emphasis was on chiral composites, piezoelectric composites, fractal composites, and ferrite composites.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Aug 10, 1990
- Accession Number
- ADA226422
Entities
Organizations
- Pennsylvania State University