This confirms the experimental observation that a decrease in aspect ratio has a stabilizing effect.
Similar to the reference experiments, fibers in hybrid strong interface/medium interface fiber composites display a decrease in aspect ratio and an increase in interfacial shear stress (IFSS) with the increase of inter-fiber spacing.
Assael et al. [4] showed that a decrease in aspect ratio reduces thermal conductivity enhancement.
However, Ruan and Jacobi [10] found that a decrease in aspect ratio has negligible effects on thermal conductivity compared to the reduction in cluster size.
Apparently, in the current work, the effect of a decrease in aspect ratio on thermal conductivity is not strong compared to the thermal conductivity increase induced by reduction of agglomerate size.
Although addition of the secondary carbonaceous phases is generally supposed to improve the mechanical properties of ZrB2 composites, it may also result in a decrease in other aspects of performance, comparing with monolithic ZrB2 ceramics.
Chachamovich et al. [ 33] found that even minor depression is associated with a significant decrease in all aspects of quality of life.
The effects of smoking are less clear with some studies reporting a reduction only in skeletal measures as a result of maternal smoking [ 7, 9- 12], whereas others find a general decrease in all aspects of growth [ 13- 15].
We found a progressive decrease in the aspect ratio with the increasing anteroposterior dimension of the proximal tibia, as compared to the constant aspect ratio shown by the conventional tibial prostheses.
It is observed that the compressive strength and ultimate strain of CFFTs increases with an increase in fiber volume fraction or a decrease in fiber aspect ratio.
