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Two-component composites whose effective conductivities are power means of the local conductivities

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 October 2008

ANNETTE MEIDELL ,
RALPH HØIBAKK ,
DAG LUKKASSEN  and
GUY BEERI
ANNETTE MEIDELL
Affiliation:
Narvik University College, P.O. Box 385 N-8505 Narvik, Norway
RALPH HØIBAKK
Affiliation:
Narvik University College, P.O. Box 385 N-8505 Narvik, Norway
DAG LUKKASSEN
Affiliation:
Narvik University College, P.O. Box 385 N-8505 Narvik, Norway Norut Narvik, P.O. Box 250, N-8504 Narvik, Norway
GUY BEERI
Affiliation:
Narvik University College, P.O. Box 385 N-8505 Narvik, Norway
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Abstract

We study a scale of two-component composite structures of equal proportions with infinitely many microlevels. The structures are obtained recursively and we find that their effective conductivities are power means of the local conductivities.

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European Journal of Applied Mathematics , Volume 19 , Issue 5 , October 2008 , pp. 507 - 517
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