Document Type
Article
Publication Date
10-2007
Abstract
We explore the percolation threshold shift as short-range correlations are introduced and systematically varied in binary composites. Two complementary representations of the correlations are developed in terms of the distribution of phase bonds or, alternatively, using a set of appropriate short-range order parameters. In either case, systematic exploration of the correlation space reveals a boundary that separates percolating from nonpercolating structures and permits empirical equations that identify the location of the threshold for systems of arbitrary short-range correlation states. Two- and three-dimensional site lattices with two-body correlations, as well as a two-dimensional hexagonal bond network with three-body correlations, are explored. The approach presented here should be generalizable to more complex correlation states, including higher-order and longer-range correlations.
Copyright Statement
This document was originally published by the American Physical Society at: http://pre.aps.org/. Copyright restrictions may apply. DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevE.76.041108
Publication Information
Frary, Megan E. and Schuh, Christopher A.. (2007). "Correlation-Space Description of the Percolation Transition in Composite Microstructures". Physical Review E, 76(4), 041108-1 - 041108-10. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevE.76.041108