Effect of Fiber Geometry and Representative Volume Element on Elastic and Thermal Properties of Unidirectional Fiber-Reinforced Composites

Table 1

Mechanical and thermal properties of the constituent materials [8, 9].

Properties	Glass fiber	Epoxy matrix
Density (g/cm^3)	2.5	1.15
Young’s modulus (GPa)	73	3.76
Poisson’s ratio	0.2	0.39
Shear modulus (GPa)	30.42	1.28
Thermal conductivity (W/mk)	1.3	0.363