Abstract
The bulk modulus κ* and the rigidity μ* of dilute dispersions of spherical shell structures have been calculated by using the following equations:
κ*=Q-4cμQ'/Q+3cQ' and μ*/μ=Γ-3/2cΓ'/Γ+cΓ'
where κ and μ are the bulk modulus and the rigidity of the medium, c is the volume concentration of the structures composed of the shell region with κm, μm and the inside region with κ', μ', Q=(3κ'+4μm)(3κm+4μ)+12A3(κ'-κm)(μm-μ), Q'=(κ-κm)(3κ'+4μm)-A3(κ'-κm)(3κ+4μm), Γ=ΓAμmμm2+ΓBμmμ+ΓCμμ2, Γ'=ΓA'μmμm2+ΓB'μmμ+ΓC'μμ2, ΓA=-38μ2μ4+(450-672AA2)A3+μ1μ4+400A7μ1μ3-1824A10μ1μ12=-ΓA', ΓB=-89μ2μ4+(150-336AA2)A3μ1μ4+200A7μ1μ3+3648A10μ1μ12, ΓB'=-6μ2μ4+(500-1344AA2)A3μ1μ4+800A7μ1μ3-608A10μ1μ12, ΓC=-48μ2μ4-(600-1008AA2)A3μ1μ4-600A7μ1μ3-1824A10μ1μ12=3/2ΓC', μ1=μm-μ', μ2=3μm+2μ', μ3=18μm+19μ', μ4=16μm+19μ', A=a'/a, a and a' are the inner and the outer radii of the shell, respectively.