This criterion is very similar to the one described in section II.1.10.9. The criterion has a failure index calculated as follows:
The criterion differs from the previous one by the fact that the allowable is used in the calculation. This allowable is set to or depending on the sign of .
The calculation of reserve factor is as for the more classical Tsai-Hill criterion (II.1.119) and (II.1.120). This criterion is referred to as “TsaiHill_c” criterion in FeResPost.