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II.1.10.17 Puck criterion

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:

FIPuck = max σ11 σ11all , σ22 σ22all 2 + τ12 τ12all 2 ,

in which the allowables σ11all and σ22all depend on the signs of σ11 and σ22 respectively. Ply passes the failure criterion if the two following conditions are satisfied

σ11 σ11all,
σ22 σ22all 2 + τ12 τ12all 2 1.

The reserve factor is simply given by:

RFPuck = 1 FoS max σ11 σ11all , σ22 σ22all 2 + τ12 τ12all 2 ,

and the strength ratio is given by:

SRPuck = FoS max σ11 σ11all , σ22 σ22all 2 + τ12 τ12all 2 .

This criterion is referred to as “Puck” failure criterioncriterion in FeResPost.