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A characterization for the Fourier multipliers and eigenvalues of linear peridynamic operators is provided. The analysis is presented for state-based peridynamic operators for isotropic homogeneous media in any spatial dimension. We provide explicit formulas for the eigenvalues in terms of the space dimension, the nonlocal parameters, and the material properties. The approach we follow is based on the Fourier multiplier analysis developed for the nonlocal Laplacian. The Fourier multipliers of linear peridynamic operators are second-order tensor fields, which are given through integral representations. It is shown that the eigenvalues of the peridynamic operators can be derived directly from the eigenvalues of the Fourier multiplier tensors. We reveal a simple structure for the Fourier multipliers in terms of hypergeometric functions, which allows for providing integral representations as well as hypergeometric representations of the eigenvalues. These representations are utilized to show the convergence of the eigenvalues of linear peridynamics to the eigenvalues of the Navier operator of linear elasticity in the limit of vanishing nonlocality. Moreover, the hypergeometric representation of the eigenvalues is utilized to compute the spectrum of linear peridynamic operators.

Fourier multiplier analysis is developed for nonlocal peridynamic-type Laplace operators, which are defined for scalar fields in $\mathbb{R}^n$. The Fourier multipliers are given through an integral representation. We show that the integral representation of the Fourier multipliers is recognized explicitly through a unified and general formula in terms of the hypergeometric function $_2F_3$ in any spatial dimension $n$. Asymptotic analysis of $_2F_3$ is utilized to identify the asymptotic behavior of the Fourier multipliers $m(\nu)$ as $\|\nu\|\rightarrow \infty$. We show that the multipliers are bounded when the peridynamic Laplacian has an integrable kernel, and diverge when the kernel is singular. The bounds and decay rates are presented explicitly in terms of the dimension $n$, the integral kernel, and the peridynamic Laplacian nonlocality. The asymptotic analysis is applied in the periodic setting to prove a regularity result for the peridynamic Poisson equation and, moreover, show that its solution converges to the solution of the classical Poisson equation.

A method is presented for approximating the effective conductivity of composite media with thin interphase regions, which is exact to first order in the interphase thickness. The approximations are computationally efficient in the sense the fields need to be computed only in a reference composite in which the interphases have been replaced by perfect interfaces. The results apply whether any two phases of the composite are separated by a single interphase or multiple interphases, whether the conductivities of the composite phases are isotropic or anisotropic, and whether the thickness of an interphase is uniform or varies as a function of position. It is assumed that the conductivities of the interphase materials have intermediate values as opposed to very high or very low conductivities.