Two-point Padé approximants to Stieltjes series representation of bulk moduli of regular composites
Abstract
The aim of this contribution is to present two-point Padé approximants method for the determination of upper and lower estimates on the effective transport coefficients of two-phase composite materials. The obtained formulae improve the corresponding one-point Padé approximants bounds [1,2,4,14,23] . As an example, a set of narrowing bounds for the overall conductivity of a square array of cylinders has been evaluated.
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