Percolation Theory for Two-Phase Materials with Nonrandom Topologies

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Abstract

Percolation theory is commonly used to develop microstructure-property relationships for two-phase materials. Although many composite microstructures have engineered spatial correlations among the constituent phases, percolation-based models often assume random arrangement of the phases. Using 3-D microstructure simulations, we systematically study topologically-varied two-phase microstructures with different states of ordering or segregation. We find that the topological state of the microstructure strongly affects percolation behavior and that the percolation threshold changes by as much as ±0.20 when local correlations are introduced. In order to quantify these effects, we propose that all microstructures be mapped into a “correlation-space”, upon which percolation behavior is easily superimposed. In this way the correlation-dependence of properties such as the percolation threshold, connectivity length and mean cluster size of the microstructure can be easily predicted.

Original languageAmerican English
StatePublished - Mar 2006
EventTMS Annual Meeting -
Duration: 1 Mar 2006 → …

Conference

ConferenceTMS Annual Meeting
Period1/03/06 → …

EGS Disciplines

  • Materials Science and Engineering

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