Composite laminate has extensive usage in the aerospace and automotive industries. Thus
delamination, one of its most prevalent and challenging failure modes, has attracted …

The success of any progressive failure analysis of composite structures is influenced by the
failure criteria and the associated material property degradation models. The failure criteria …

Publisher Summary This chapter provides the details of the input data and a description of
the laminates provided to all participants in an exercise to predict the strength of composite …

A set of three-dimensional failure criteria for laminated fiber-reinforced composites, denoted
LaRC04, is proposed. The criteria are based on physical models for each failure mode and …

This paper draws together the results from a co-ordinated study, known as the World-Wide
Failure Exercise, whereby 12 of the leading theories for predicting failure in composite …

Publisher Summary The World-Wide Failure Exercise (WWFE) contained a detailed
assessment of 19 theoretical approaches to predict the deformation and failure response of …

This Special Edition of Composites Science and Technology is dedicated to the subject of
failure theories for continuous fibre-reinforced-polymer composite materials (FRPs). The …

This paper presents a unique and comprehensive comparison between the predictions of
internationally recognised failure theories for fibre-reinforced polymer-composite laminates …

A deeper understanding to predict fracture in soft biological tissues is of crucial importance
to better guide and improve medical monitoring, planning of surgical interventions and risk …

This paper presents supplementary conclusions from an international exercise to establish
the current status of failure prediction theories for polymer composite laminates. In previous …