%0 Journal Article %T Application of an improved three-phase model to calculate effective characteristics for a composite with cylindrical inclusions %A Andrianov %A Igor V. %A Awrejcewicz %A Jan %A Starushenko %A Galina A. %J Latin American Journal of Solids and Structures %D 2013 %I Scientific Electronic Library Online %R 10.1590/S1679-78252013000100019 %X a modified three-phase composite model yielding reliable effective characteristics of composite structures has been proposed. in particular, the problem of effective heat transfer coefficient of the composite structure with periodically located inclusions of circular cross-sections located on a square net is solved. advantages of the proposed model in comparison to the classical three-phase model are illustrated and discussed. %K composite %K three-phase model %K periodic inclusions %K heat transfer. %U http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&pid=S1679-78252013000100019&lng=en&nrm=iso&tlng=en