Capacity and transport in contrast composite structures : asymptotic analysis and applications Ideas and methods of asymptotic analysis as applied to transport in composite sructures Numerical analysis of local fields in a system of closely placed bodies Asymptotic behavior of capacity of a system of closely placed bodies tamm shielding network approximation Network approximation for potentials of closely placed bodies Analysis of transport properties of highly filled contrast composites using the network approximation method Effective tunability of high contrast composites Effective loss of high contrast composites Transport and elastic properties of thin layers