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Fiber lengths larger than the layer height introduced enhanced interlayer defects. Flexural load-deflection data were employed to determine a constitutive tensile stress-strain relationship. Digital image correlation (DIC) was used to measure the crack width along the depth, along with the strain profile. The relationships between stress and crack width were developed as a function of distance from the neutral axis, which demonstrated higher residual stress at a given crack width for the specimens with higher layer height. 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