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There are two major requirements when designing structural components:
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the deformation under load must be within the prescribed functional and aesthetic considerations;
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fracture or rupture should not take place within their scheduled lifetime.
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Hollaway, L. (1993). Measurements of engineering properties of fibre reinforced polymers. In: Polymer Composites for Civil and Structural Engineering. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-2136-1_4
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