Abstract: The Mori-Tanaka elastic response of composites with inclusions exhibiting nontrivial orientation distributions is studied. The effect of texture is evaluated for various fiber and matrix materials, ...

Abstract: The thermoelastic problem of a three‐phase concentric sphere subject to phasewise uniform temperature variations is solved exactly. With this solution, the cool‐down stresses in a metallic structure with plasma‐sprayed ...

Abstract: Particle shape plays a crucial role in the design of novel reinforced composites. We introduce the notion of a geometrical anisotropy index A to characterize the particle shape and establish ...

Abstract: Anisotropy is an essential attribute exhibited by most biological materials. Based on the recent work on anisotropy of a wide range of crystals and polycrystals, we propose an appropriate measure ...