A generalized differential scheme for the effective conductivity of percolating microinhomogeneous materials with the Hall effect

Abstract

In this paper, we propose a self-consistent scheme for the calculation of the components of the effective electrical conductivity tensor. The calculations were fulfilled for a microinhomogeneous material, the components of which have the Hall effect. The presence of the Hall effect leads to appearance of asymmetry of the components of the conductivity tensor and to dependence of these components on the magnitude of the magnetic field applied to the material. Our approach is based on the Generalized Differential Effective Medium (GDEM) method. This method generalizes the classical differential scheme (DEM) for the case of several inclusion types instead of one. In this case, the GDEM scheme leads to a system of matrix differential equations that were solved numerically. This solution was obtained for materials containing spherical or cylindrical inclusions (3D and 2D-problems). In the case of cylindrical inclusions, the results were obtained for inclusions with the symmetry axes orthogonal to the magnetic field. The application of the GDEM method allows us to consider the percolation effect for 2D and 3D-microheterogeneous materials. The results obtained are compared to the experimental data and the calculation results obtained by other self-consistent schemes.