Effects of fiber length and fiber orientation distributions on the tensile strength of short-fiber-reinforced polymers

This paper presents an analytical method considering the effects of fiber length and fiber orientation distributions for predicting the tensile strength (TS) of short-fiber-reinforced polymers (SFRP). Two probability density functions are used for modelling the distributions of fiber length and fiber orientation. The strength of SFRP is derived as a function of fiber length and fiber orientation distribution taking into account the dependences...