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Review of failure criteria of fibrous composite materials
Author(s) -
Echaabi Jamal,
Trochu Françlois,
Gauvin Raymond
Publication year - 1996
Publication title -
polymer composites
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.577
H-Index - 82
eISSN - 1548-0569
pISSN - 0272-8397
DOI - 10.1002/pc.10671
Subject(s) - composite number , parametric statistics , composite laminates , rotation formalisms in three dimensions , materials science , material failure theory , formalism (music) , structural engineering , composite material , mathematics , engineering , finite element method , statistics , art , musical , visual arts , geometry
Composite materials exhibit various and complex failure behavior. Different formalisms have been used to predict failure. Improvement of old theories and new ones continue to be published. In this paper, the most recent and widely used models are presented. Failure criteria such as Tsai‐Wu, parametric formulations, maximal stress and strain, Hashin criterion, Hart‐Smith criterion, and the method based on kriging are presented. These failure theories may be classified in two categories, depending whether they integrate failure modes or not. The formalism of each theory is briefly described and their application to model failure of composite laminates is discussed by comparing the advantages and limitations of each method. The diversity of experimental failure envelopes, as reported in the literature on composites, is outlined and it is shown that most criteria permit modeling only particular failure properties of composite laminates.