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In this paper, a generalized Mori-Tanaka scheme is applied to evaluate the elastic response of short fibre composite materials. Numerical predictions are compared with experimental measurements performed on short fibreglass reinforced thermoplastics with a wide range of fibre concentrations, including the range characteristic of usual industrial applications with non-trivial fibre orientation distribution.
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Biolzi, L., Castellani, L. & Pitacco, I. On the mechanical response of short fibre reinforced polymer composites. JOURNAL OF MATERIALS SCIENCE 29, 2507–2512 (1994). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00363447
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00363447