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Composite materials in the simplest case are composed of some phase (a second phase) included in a matrix. The properties of the matrix are altered depending upon the volume fraction of this phase, as well as its geometry and orientation relative to an applied stress.
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Murr, L.E. (2015). Classification of Composite Materials and Structures. In: Handbook of Materials Structures, Properties, Processing and Performance. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-01815-7_23
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