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This teaching and learning package (TLP) gives an introduction to the nature of fibre-reinforced composite materials and their basic mechanical characteristics.

	Aims Before you start Introduction Stiffness of long fibre composites Strength of long fibre composites Composite vaulting poles – why don´t they break? Toughness of composites and fibre pull–out Off–axis loading of a lamina Stiffness of laminates Tensile–shear interactions and balanced laminates Out–of–plane stresses and symmetric laminates Failure of laminates and the Tsai–Hill criterion Summary Questions Going further
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First created: August 2007. Last updated: January 2008.