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Composite materials may be considered as materials made of two or more components and consisting of two or more phases in the solid state. The importance of polymer composite [1] originates largely because such low-density materials can have unusual high elastic constants and tensile strength. For the most part, the tensile properties have been adequately dealt with by using the theory of elasticity. With new demands for materials to survive in a severe environment of high temperature, compression, and shear rate, deformation from elasticity to viscoelasticity and to plasticity becomes important as the loading and environmental conditions vary.
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Chow, T.S. (2000). Polymer Composites. In: Mesoscopic Physics of Complex Materials. Graduate Texts in Contemporary Physics. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4612-2108-1_7
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