This book provides comprehensive analysis of the micromechanics of the composite materials including particulate filled, short fibre and continuous fibre reinforced composites. Some background to the various phenomenological and analytical models is given, but the main focus is in development of the suitable finite element models of the micromechanics of composites based on the concept of the unit cell. The stiffness and the failure mechanisms of different types of the composites are predicted using micromechanical model. The effect of the interface and the bonding of the matrix...