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The use of composite materials in structural design has grown significantly over the past few years. This is because the mechanical properties of these materials are better than the traditional ones as a result of their designing process possibilities.

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Oller, S. (2014). Introduction. In: Numerical Simulation of Mechanical Behavior of Composite Materials. Lecture Notes on Numerical Methods in Engineering and Sciences. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-04933-5_1

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