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374 Symbols and abbreviations

z shear stress or strength
apparent shear strength at the interphase
interface shear bond strength
frictional shear stress at the interface
matrix shear stress
shear yield stress
velocity of fiber pull-out
1)O
x fraction of fibers broken when > l,
SL reinforcing effectiveness parameter
Y phase angle
c characteristic fiber length
critical transfer length
fiber debond length
fiber pull-out length

AES auger electron spectroscopy
AFMB asymmetric four-point bending
AFM atomic force microscopy
ANIMA acrylonitrile/methyl acrylate
APS aminopropyl triethoxysilane
BFRP boron fiber reinforced polymer composites
BMA polybutadiene-co-maleic anhydride
BIW boron (tungsten core) fiber
CAI compressive strength after impact
CBEN cantilever beam enclosed notch
cc compliance calibration
CFRP carbon fiber reinforced polymer composites
CLS cracked lap shear
CMCs ceramic matrix composites
CN center notched
CTBN carboxyl-terminated butadiene acrylonitrile
CTE coefficient of thermal expansion
CVD chemical vapor deposition
DCB double cantilever beam
DGEBA diglycidyl ether of bisphenol A
DZM damage zone model
ELS end loaded split
ENF end notched flexure
EP epoxy
ESCA electron spectroscopy for chemical analysis
FAS fiber axial stress
FEM finite element method
. FPZ fracture process zone
FTIR fourier transform infrared spectroscopy
GA/MA glycidyl acrylate/methyl acrylate