Home Work:

1. Using strength of materials approach, derive the expression for effective transverse modulus with deformation constrains satisfied.

2. Derive an expression for effective axial shear modulus of the composite using strength of materials approach.

3. Using strength of materials approach, derive the expressions for effective coefficients of thermal and hygral expansions in axial and transverse directions.

4. For fibre volume fraction of 0.6, determine all the effective mechanical and thermal properties of the fibre and matrix materials given in Table 7.1 and Table 7.2 and compare them with the experimental effective properties as reported in Soden et al [5]. Calculate percentage difference for all properties with respect to experimental effective properties.