by Hon-chor Lee. / Thesis (M.Phil.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 1995. / Includes bibliographical references (leaf 56). / by Hon-chor Lee. / Introduction --- p.1 / Series expansion for the conductivity of a linear random resistor network / Chapter 1. --- Introduction --- p.4 / Chapter 2. --- Comparison of the EMA with symbolic simulations in 2D --- p.5 / Chapter 3. --- Comparison of the EMA with Bergman and Kantor's findings --- p.6 / Chapter 4. --- Conclusion --- p.7 / Current moments of linear random resistor network / Chapter 1. --- Introduction --- p.10 / Chapter 2. --- Review of the definition of current moment --- p.10 / Chapter 3. --- Tremblay et. al.'s findings and symbolic simulation of current moments --- p.11 / Chapter 4. --- Conclusion --- p.13 / Effective medium theory for strongly nonlinear composites: comparison with numerical simulations / Chapter 1. --- Introduction --- p.15 / Chapter 2. --- Variational principles --- p.16 / Chapter 3. --- Formalism of EMA --- p.17 / Chapter 4. --- Comparison with numerical simulations --- p.19 / Chapter 5. --- Discussion --- p.21 / Percolative conduction in two-component strongly nonlinear composites / Chapter 1. --- Introduction --- p.25 / Chapter 2. --- Spherical inclusions --- p.25 / Chapter 3. --- Effective medium approximation in the vicinity of the percolation threshold --- p.27 / Chapter 4. --- Acknowledgment --- p.29 / Percolation Effects in Two Component Strongly Nonlinear Composites: Universal Scaling Behaviours / Chapter 1. --- Introduction --- p.31 / Chapter 2. --- General Scaling Relations for Two-Component Composites --- p.33 / Chapter 3. --- Estimate of Critical Exponents --- p.35 / Chapter 4. --- Numerical Simulations --- p.38 / Chapter 5. --- Discussions and Conclusions --- p.40 / Chapter 6. --- Acknowledgment --- p.40 / Improved effective medium theory for strongly nonlinear composites / Chapter 1. --- Introduction --- p.46 / Chapter 2. --- Formalism of Improved EMA --- p.47 / Chapter 3. --- Comparisons with numerical simulations and HS bound --- p.50 / Chapter 4. --- Discussions --- p.51 / Conclusion --- p.54
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:cuhk.edu.hk/oai:cuhk-dr:cuhk_320619 |
| Date | January 1995 |
| Contributors | Lee, Hon-chor., Chinese University of Hong Kong Graduate School. Division of Physics. |
| Publisher | Chinese University of Hong Kong |
| Source Sets | The Chinese University of Hong Kong |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Text, bibliography |
| Format | print, vi, 56 leaves : ill. ; 30 cm. |
| Rights | Use of this resource is governed by the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons “Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International” License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) |
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