The lay-up configuration (unidirectional, crossply and quasi-isotropic) and thickness (8–24 laminae) affect the damage self-sensing characteristics of continuous carbon fiber epoxy-matrix composites. The damage is by drop impact directed at the top surface of the laminate. The oblique resistance (i.e., resistance at an angle between the longitudinal and through-thickness directions) is an effec...

Current models for elastic geobarometry have been developed with the assumption that host and/or inclusion minerals are elastically isotropic. This has limited applications of thermobarometry to mineral inclusions contained in cubic quasi-isotropic (e.g., garnet). Here, we report a new model takes into account anisotropic properties and relative crystallographic orientation (RCO) host-inclusion...