Introduction to the Network Approximation Method for Materials Modeling

Preface 1. Review of mathematical notions used in the analysis of transport problems in dense-packed composite materials 2. Background and motivation for introduction of network models 3. Network approximation for boundary-value problems with discontinuous coefficients and a finite number of inclusions 4. Numerics for percolation and polydispersity via network models 5. The network approximation theorem for an infinite number of bodies 6. Network method for nonlinear composites 7. Network approximation for potentials of disks 8. Application of complex variables method Bibliography Index.