Phenomenological Theory of Failure Criterion for Composite Materials

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Zhou Cheng-ti. Phenomenological Theory of Failure Criterion for Composite Materials[J]. Applied Mathematics and Mechanics, 1984, 5(2): 159-166.

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Zhou Cheng-ti. Phenomenological Theory of Failure Criterion for Composite Materials[J]. Applied Mathematics and Mechanics, 1984, 5(2): 159-166.

Citation:

Zhou Cheng-ti. Phenomenological Theory of Failure Criterion for Composite Materials[J]. Applied Mathematics and Mechanics, 1984, 5(2): 159-166.

Abstract

In this paper, some current anisotropic failure criteria in the forms of tensor polynomials are investigated. In order to deterumne the interaction coefficients of the failure criteria, a nonlinear optimization method is proposed. The results obtained by different theories as well as the optimization are compared with the test data of some composite materials. The comparison shows that the optimization method for the materials considered in this paper is effective.

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