This paper considers the rule-of-mixtures in the context of the tensile modulus of unidirectional fibre reinforced polymer (FRP) composites made with fibres of irregular cross-section, having anisotropic mechanical properties. A finite element model is used to generate data for the determination of the tensile modulus of the FRP composite. A range of degrees of anisotropy are considered. The error in the predicted modulus is found to be small for irregular fibres.
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Virk, A. S., Summerscales, J., & Hall, W. (2016). A finite element analysis to validate the rule-of-mixtures for the prediction of the young’s modulus of composites with non-circular anisotropic fibres. In RILEM Bookseries (Vol. 12, pp. 173–182). Kluwer Academic Publishers. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-7515-1_13
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