Modeling composites on graphs,with parameter optimization

Composites have been modeled by means of graph theory and the concept of a dynamic interfacial layer on both sides of the filler-matrix boundary. Certain assumptions were made in order to eliminate the indeterminacy created by the use of models. The magnitude of the dynamic interfacial layer has been estimated for the fillers and the epoxy matrix. The calculations have been compared with experimental data.Moscow State Open University, Center for Composite Materials, Russia. Translated from Mekhanika Kompozitnykh Materialov, Vol. 32, No. 4, pp. 467–479, July–August, 1996.