A calculation of the elastic constants of a unidirectional composite containing transversely isotropic fibres

M D Heaton

Journal of Physics D Applied Physics · 1970 · 18 citations · 2 references

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Abstract

The basic calculation of the elastic constants of a unidirectional fibre-reinforced composite by Heaton in 1968 is extended to include the case of transversely isotropic fibres. Numerical results are presented for high performance carbon fibres embedded in an epoxy resin.

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