A composite consisting of aligned glass fibres in a polyester matrix is loaded i...

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A composite consisting of aligned glass fibres in a polyester matrix is loaded in a direction parallel to the reinforcing fibres. If there is 45 vol% fibres, modulus of the fibres is 69 GPa and modulus of polyester is 4.0 GPa, determine the fraction of the total composite load carried by the fibres.

0.89

0%

0.87

0%

0.86

0%

0.93

100%

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