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This chapter is concerned with how a DFRC undergoes elastic deformation during the initial loading stage, when the applied load is small. Here, several classic models of the micromechanics of stress transfer from the deforming matrix to the discontinuous fibres are discussed. The term elastic stress transfer process is used to refer to the mechanisms of stress transfer that regulate the mechanical response of the DFRC from initial loading until just before the yield point. Thus, elastic stress transfer is an important process because it occurs in the useful operational range of the DFRC.
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Goh, K.L. (2017). Mechanics of Elastic Stress Transfer. In: Discontinuous-Fibre Reinforced Composites. Engineering Materials and Processes. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4471-7305-2_3
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