This criterion is adapted to the justification of laminates with unidirectional plies. This criterion distinguishes two failure mode: one fiber failure mode in direction 1 and one matrix failure mode. One distinguishes three versions of the Puck criterion.
The first version of Puck failure index is calculated as follows:
in which the allowables and depend on the signs of and respectively. Ply passes the failure criterion if the two following conditions are satisfied
The reserve factor is simply given by:
and the strength ratio is given by:
This criterion is referred to as “Puck” failure criterioncriterion in FeResPost.