  This article deals with the prediction of thermomechanical properties of
fiber reinforced composites using several micromechanics models. These include
strength of material approach, Halpin-Tsai equations, multi-phase mechanics of
materials approaches, multi-phase Mori-Tanaka models, composite cylindrical
assemblage model, Voigt-Reuss models, modified mixture rule, Cox model,
effective medium approach and method of cells. Several composite systems
reinforced with short and long, aligned, random and wavy reinforcements were
considered. In addition, different aspects such as fiber-matrix interphase,
fiber-matrix interfacial thermal resistance, fiber geometry, and multiple types
of reinforcements were considered to model the composites systems. The current
study also presents some important preliminary concepts and application of
developed micromechanics models to advanced nanocomposites such as carbon
nanotube reinforced composite. Main contribution of the current work is the
investigation of several analytical micromechanical models, while most of the
existing studies on the subject deal with only one or two approaches
considering few aspects.
