Viscomagnetoelectroelastic effective properties’ modeling for multi-phase and multi-coated magnetoelectroelastic composites

In this article, the effective properties of new active–passive multifunctional viscomagnetoelectroelastic composite materials are modeled and numerically predicted. The correspondence principle, extended to linear viscomagnetoelectroelasticity, and the Carson transform are coupled to the Mori–Tanaka micromechanical mean field approach. Based on the viscomagnetoelectroelastic convolution integral equations and the interfacial operators, the concentration tensors are derived for multi-phase and multi-coated viscomagnetoelectroelastic composites. The effective properties are derived in the frequency domain and then inverted numerically to the time domain using the inverse transform. The effective properties are thus obtained in both frequency and time domains. The obtained hybrid multifunctional coefficients can be used for their active and passive properties. The resulting visco-magneto-electro-elastic effects can be enhanced by a proper choice of the shape and volume fraction of reinforcements as well as by coating thickness.