Distribution of body stresses in an eta-phase composite body: Prior to outside loading

Abstract

A mathematical analysis is presented to describe the state of stress-strain transmission among the constituents of a composite reinforced with one or more inclusions, prior to outside loading, so as to have an in-depth view of the work proposed in References [1-3] for the investigation of elastic behaviour under external loading. A result for the distribution of surface forces is derived from the analysis which eventually helps in predicting the Young's modulus of a composite reinforced with (n-1) different and discontinuous inclusions.