Multiple Scattering Using Parallel Volume Integral Equation Method: Interaction of SH Waves with Multiple Multilayered Anisotropic Elliptical Inclusions

Table 2

The real and imaginary parts of the calculated average strains in the central isotropic fiber using the generalized self-consistent method and the volume integral equation method. The material is standard graphite/epoxy composites with a volume concentration of 0.6 and a frequency of 10 MHz.

Number of inclusions	GSCM		VIEM		Difference
	Re	Im	Re	Im	Re	Im
7	0.09416		0.09474		0.61%	0.74%
9	0.09035		0.09048		0.14%	0.30%
19	0.08072		0.08089		0.21%	0.77%
25	0.08047		0.08070		0.29%	1.10%