Electromagnetic Properties of Multiphase Dielectrics A Primer on Modeling, Theory and Computation /

• Main Author: Zohdi, Tarek I. (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2012.
• Series: Lecture Notes in Applied and Computational Mechanics, 64
• Subjects: Engineering.; Mechanics.; Mechanics, Applied.; Continuum mechanics.; Theoretical and Applied Mechanics.; Continuum Mechanics and Mechanics of Materials.

Recently, several applications, primarily driven by microtechnology, have emerged where the use of materials with  tailored  electromagnetic  (dielectric) properties are necessary for a successful  overall design.  The ``tailored'' aggregate properties are achieved by combining an easily m...

Table of Contents:

• Multiphase continua, an introduction
• Elementary notation and mathematical operations
• Governing electromagnetics: Maxwell’s equations
• Classical linear constitutive behavior
• Extraction of macroscopic effective properties
• Coupled effects: Joule-heating
• Some basic principles of continuum mechanics
• Basic time-stepping schemes
• A model problem: dielectrics undergoing multifield processes
• Concluding remarks and emerging applications in the biological sciences.