Assessment of the fundamentals of failure theories for composite materials Academic Article

abstract

• 2014 Published by Elsevier Ltd. Failure theories for composite materials have been a subject of concern for almost half a century. Numerous theories have been proposed over the years, but none of them has successfully predicted the full range of observed behavior. This paper critically reviews some of the main theories in an effort to understand their deficiencies. Rather than seek their validity by comparison with test data, the assumptions and analyses underlying the proposed theories are examined. Certain remedies are proposed to the current approaches to achieve a failure analysis procedure with a potential to succeed in predicting the complex failure behavior of composite materials.

authors

• Talreja, Ramesh

published proceedings

• COMPOSITES SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

author list (cited authors)

• Talreja, R.

citation count

• 101

complete list of authors

• Talreja, Ramesh

publication date

• January 2014

publisher

• Elsevier  Publisher

published in

• COMPOSITES SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY  Journal

keywords

• Failure Criterion
• Fiber-matrix Bond
• Polymer-matrix Composites (PMCs)
• Strength

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

• 10.1016/j.compscitech.2014.10.014

start page

• 190

end page

• 201

volume

• 105

URL

• http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.compscitech.2014.10.014