We review some of our recent studies on the effective elastic constants of composites where the occluded phase is spherical or spheroidal (oblate or prolate). From constituent properties and phase geometry, we estimated the composites’ effective macroscopic elastic constants using two models: the Ledbetter-Datta scattered-plane-wave ensemble-average model and the Mori-Tanaka effective-field model. We measured elastic constants by three principal methods: resonance, pulse-echo, and acoustic-resonance spectroscopy. We show microstructures, measurements, and model calculations for five representative composites: SiCp/Al, Al2O3-mullitep/Al, Al2O3p/ mullite, graphitep/ferrite (cast iron), voids/Ti.
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