Vr= 50%. The elastic and failure properties of glass fiber and epoxy matrix are given below: Glass fiber (isotropic elastic): Ef=70 GPa; vf=0.3; of 1.4 GPa; Epoxy (isotropic elastic): Em = 2 GPa; Vm = 0.3; om = 60 MPa (tensile strength); tm = 35 MPa (shear strength) 1) The elastic/stiffness properties need to be determined are: E1; E2; V12; G12 2) The strength properties need to be estimated are: Xt; Xc; Y₁; Ye; S 3) estimate the critical fiber volume fraction that has fiber strengthening effect. 4) Estimate the minimum fiber volume fraction that matrix can bridge a localized broken fiber
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