Effective responses of nonlinear elliptic cylindrical composites

The higher-order dielectric responses of composites composed of weakly nonlinear elliptic cylindrical inclusions randomly embedded in linear media are investigated. The general formulae for effective DC coefficients are newly derived by the average field method up to the ninth order and then applied to analyze the effects of inclusion shapes on the effective response. The results are directly transformed to the quasi-static AC response of the composites under the sinusoidal external electric field with fundamental and third harmonic frequencies. The more general relationships between the effective DC and AC coefficients are established up to the seventh order and third harmonic, which are applicable to all weakly nonlinear isotropic composites.