Home Work:

1. What are the assumptions in a typical micromechanical analysis?

2. Write a short note on RVE/Unit Cell.

3. Define volume and mass fractions for fibre and matrix and derive expressions for them.

4. Derive an expression for density of a composite in terms of densities of its constituents.

5. Using strength of materials approach, derive expressions for effective axial modulus, Poisson’s ratio and transverse modulus.