ADVANCES IN RESEARCH ON THE STRENGTH AND FRACTURE OF MATERIALS

By I. RADAI

1 REINFORCING BY FIBRES REFERENCES 2 PHYSICAL PROPERTIES OF FIBRES AND MATRIX 3 MECHANICS OF ELASTIC STRESS TRANSFER 4 FIBRE DEBONDING, MATRIX YIELDING AND CRACKS 5 MECHANICS OF PLASTIC STRESS TRANSFER 6 COMPOSITE FRACTURE 7 COMPOSITE DESIGN