Connection between elastic moduli and thermal conductivities of anisotropic short fiber reinforced thermoplastics: theory and experimental verification

Cross-property connections for two phase composites derived recently by the authors are specified for short fiber reinforced thermoplastics. They are verified by comparison with experimental data on glass fiber reinforced composites available in literature. The comparison demonstrates a good agreement for the entire set of nine orthotropic constants with the exception of C33. The results make it possible to estimate anisotropic elastic constants from the conductivity measurements.