“…Except for the questions addressed above, it can be said that the main contribution of our study is to reveal the strong influence of the phase transformation of the matrix on the internal stress evolutions in the composite material. Indeed, in the literature, a number of studies deal with phase transformations and microstructural changes during the processing of composite materials or during heat treatment, either phase transformation of the reinforcements [ 6 , 31 , 32 , 33 ] or within the matrix [ 34 , 35 ], and their consequences on the mechanical behaviour. However, a thorough analysis of the role of the phase transformation in the internal and residual stresses and their in situ quantification has not yet been performed.…”