Nonlocal thermal Willis coupling in laminated conductors

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Auteurs principaux: Wu, Chunlin, Shmuel, Gal, Yin, Huiming
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author Wu, Chunlin
Shmuel, Gal
Yin, Huiming
author_facet Wu, Chunlin
Shmuel, Gal
Yin, Huiming
contents Building on Willis' homogenization framework, recent work has revealed that heterogeneous conductors exhibit macroscopic thermal bianisotropy, in which the macroscopic heat flux and entropy are nonlocally coupled to both temperature and temperature gradient. Existing numerical examples, however, are limited to the subwavelength regime. Here, we provide the first explicit demonstration of this spatial nonlocality by computing the effective kernels of a periodic laminate using three independent homogenization methods. The three approaches yield consistent nonlocal cross-coupling terms, clarifying the roles of spatial asymmetry and averaging choice. We also calculate the corresponding thermal impedance and show that it is direction-dependent, highlighting a physical signature of thermal bianisotropy relevant to thermal metamaterials.
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spellingShingle Nonlocal thermal Willis coupling in laminated conductors
Wu, Chunlin
Shmuel, Gal
Yin, Huiming
Mathematical Physics
Analysis of PDEs
80M40
Building on Willis' homogenization framework, recent work has revealed that heterogeneous conductors exhibit macroscopic thermal bianisotropy, in which the macroscopic heat flux and entropy are nonlocally coupled to both temperature and temperature gradient. Existing numerical examples, however, are limited to the subwavelength regime. Here, we provide the first explicit demonstration of this spatial nonlocality by computing the effective kernels of a periodic laminate using three independent homogenization methods. The three approaches yield consistent nonlocal cross-coupling terms, clarifying the roles of spatial asymmetry and averaging choice. We also calculate the corresponding thermal impedance and show that it is direction-dependent, highlighting a physical signature of thermal bianisotropy relevant to thermal metamaterials.
title Nonlocal thermal Willis coupling in laminated conductors
topic Mathematical Physics
Analysis of PDEs
80M40
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2605.16983