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Failure in transverse tension
High stress/strain
concentrations
occur around fibre,
leading to interface
failure. Individual
microcracks
eventually
coalesce...
Failure in transverse compression
May be due to one or
more of:
compressive
failure/crushing of
matrix
compressive
failure/crushing of
fibre
matrix shear
fibre/matrix
debonding
Failure by in-plane shear
Due to stress concentration
at fibre-matrix interface:
Five numbers are needed to characterise
the strength of a composite lamina:
o
1
T
* longitudinal tensile strength
o
1
C
* longitudinal compressive strength
o
2
T
* transverse tensile strength
o
2
C
* transverse compressive strength
t
12
* in-plane shear strength
1 and 2 denote the principal material
directions; * indicates a failure value of stress.
Typical composite strengths (MPa)
UD CFRP UD GRP woven GRP SiC/Al
o
1
T
* 2280 1080 367 1462
o
1
C
* 1440 620 549 2990
o
2
T
* 57 39 367 86
o
2
C
* 228 128 549 285
t
12
* 71 89 97 113
The use of Failure Criteria
It is clear that the mode of failure and hence
the apparent strength of a lamina depends on
the direction of the applied load, as well as
the properties of the material.
Failure criteria seek to predict the apparent
strength of a composite and its failure mode
in terms of the basic strength data for the
lamina.
It is usually necessary to calculate the
stresses in the material axes (1-2) before
criteria can be applied.
Maximum stress failure criterion
Failure will occur when any one of the stress
components in the principal material axes
(o
1
, o
2
, t
12
) exceeds the corresponding
strength in that direction.
*
12 12
2
*
2
2
*
2
2
1
*
1
1
*
1
1
) 0 (
) 0 (
) 0 (
) 0 (
t t
o o
o o
o
o o
o o
o
>
)
<
>
>
<
>
>
C
T
C
T
Formally, failure occurs if:
Maximum stress failure criterion
All stresses are independent. If the lamina
experiences biaxial stresses, the failure
envelope is a rectangle - the existence of
stresses in one direction doesnt make the
lamina weaker when stresses are added in the
other...
Maximum stress failure envelope
o
1
o
2
o
2
T*
o
1
T*
o
2
C*
o
1
C*
Orientation dependence of strength
The maximum stress criterion can be
used to show how apparent strength and
failure mode depend on orientation:
o
2
o
1
t
12
u
o
x
u u o t
u o o
u o o
cos sin
sin
cos
12
2
2
2
1
x
x
x
=
=
=
Orientation dependence of strength
At failure, the applied stress (o
x
) must be
large enough for one of the principal
stresses (o
1
, o
2
or t
12
) to have reached
its failure value.
Observed failure will occur when the
minimum such stress is applied:
=
u u t
u o
u o
o
cos sin
sin
cos
min
*
12
2 *
2
2 *
1
*
x
Orientation dependence of strength
Off-axis tensile strength (E-glass/epoxy)
0
250
500
750
1000
1250
1500
0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90
reinforcement angle
s
t
r
e
n
g
t
h
(
M
P
a
)
long tension
in-plane shear
trans tension
u o
2 *
1
cos
u o
2 *
2
sin
u u t cos sin
*
12
Daniel & Ishai (1994)
Maximum stress failure criterion
Indicates likely failure mode.
Requires separate comparison of
resolved stresses with failure stresses.
Allows for no interaction in situations of
non-uniaxial stresses.
Maximum strain failure criterion
Failure occurs when at least one of the
strain components (in the principal material
axes) exceeds the ultimate strain.
*
12 12
2
*
2
2
*
2
2
1
*
1
1
*
1
1
) 0 (
) 0 (
) 0 (
) 0 (
c c
c c
c
c c
c c
c
>
)
<
>
>
<
>
>
C
T
C
T
Maximum strain failure criterion
The criterion allows for interaction of
stresses through Poissons effect.
For a lamina subjected to stresses o
1
, o
2
,
t
12
, the failure criterion is:
*
12 12
2
*
2
2
*
2
1 21 2
1
*
1
1
*
1
2 12 1
0 ,
0 ,
0 ,
0 ,
t t
c o
c o
o v o
c o
c o
o v o
=
<
>
=
<
>
=
C
T
C
T
Maximum strain failure envelope
For biaxial stresses (t
12
= 0), the failure
envelope is a parallelogram:
o
1
o
2
Maximum strain failure envelope
In the positive quadrant, the maximum
stress criterion is more conservative than
maximum strain.
o
1
o
2
The longitudinal tensile
stress o
1
produces a
compressive strain c
2
.
This allows a higher value
of o
2
before the failure
strain is reached.
max strain
max stress
Tsai-Hill Failure Criterion
This is one example of many criteria
which attempt to take account of
interactions in a multi-axial stress state.
Based on von Mises yield criterion,
failure occurs if:
1
2
*
12
12
2
*
2
2
2
*
1
2 1
2
*
1
1
>
|
|
.
|
\
|
+
|
|
.
|
\
|
+
|
|
.
|
\
|
t
t
o
o
o
o o
o
o
Tsai-Hill Failure Criterion
A single calculation is required to determine
failure.
The appropriate failure stress is used, depending
on whether o is +ve or -ve.
The mode of failure is not given (although inspect
the size of each term).
A stress reserve factor (R) can be calculated by
setting
2
2
*
12
12
2
*
2
2
2
*
1
2 1
2
*
1
1
1
R
>
|
|
.
|
\
|
+
|
|
.
|
\
|
+
|
|
.
|
\
|
t
t
o
o
o
o o
o
o
Orientation dependence of strength
The Tsai-Hill criterion can be used to
show how apparent strength depends on
orientation:
o
2
o
1
t
12
u
o
x
u u o t
u o o
u o o
cos sin
sin
cos
12
2
2
2
1
x
x
x
=
=
=
UD E-glass/epoxy
Orientation dependence of strength
0
200
400
600
800
1000
1200
0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90
angle (
o
)
a
p
p
a
r
e
n
t
s
t
r
e
n
g
t
h
(
M
P
a
)
long tension
trans tension
shear
Tsai-Hill
Tsai-Hill Failure Envelope
For all quadratic failure criteria, the
biaxial envelope is elliptical.
The size of the ellipse depends on the
value of the shear stress:
o
1
o
2
t
12
= 0
t
12
> 0
Comparison of failure theories
Different theories are reasonably close
under positive stresses.
Big differences occur when
compressive stresses are present.
A conservative
approach is to
consider all
available
theories: