Modeling of light propagation in a wood polymer-sand composite

Abstract

The subject of the research is wood polymer-sand composite (WPSC) and study of its physical and mechanical properties. In this case it is propagation of light in the material using simulation and development of a computer program to simulate the propagation of UV radiation in WPSC block. A separate computer program in the Object Pascal language was compiled to study the model. The program is designed to simulate two-dimensional approximation of infrared, visible, ultraviolet radiation propagation in wood polymer-sand composite. The program is applicable in a wide range of concentrations of the composite components, for different optical absorption coefficients of the components, depending on the wavelength of the radiation. Concentrations, optical properties of the components, and lighting conditions can be specified in the text of the program. The results of the program are the structure of the composite as a random uniform distribution of wood and sand fragments in a polymer matrix, a cartogram and a graph of the intensity distribution in the composite specimen. The result has been obtained: penetration depth of destructive UV radiation is about 1.5 mm at an optimal concentration of the components CW=45%, CPI=35%, CSa = 20%.