Determination of the elastic moduli of reinforced materials

A method is proposed for determining the elastic moduli of reinforced materials at arbitrary concentrations of the components. The method is based on the successive symmetrization of the frequency function of the moduli of the component elements of a two-component material with subsequent application of the correlation theory 1]. Algorithms are constructed for determining the elastic moduli of layered, fibrous, and granular materials and typical calculations are presented.Mekhanika Polimerov, Vol. 4, No. 1, pp. 78–85, 1968