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II.1.10.15 Tsai-Wu criterion (3D)

The 3D version of Tsai-Wu failure criterion leads to the following expression of the failure index:

FITsaiWu3D = σ112 σ11t,allσ11c,all + σ222 σ22t,allσ22c,all + σ332 σ33t,allσ33c,all + τ12 τ12all 2 + τ23 τ23all 2 + τ31 τ31all 2 + 1 σ11t,all - 1 σ11c,all σ11 + 1 σ22t,all - 1 σ22c,all σ22 + 1 σ33t,all - 1 σ33c,all σ33 + 2F12TWσ 11σ22 + 2F23TWσ 22σ33 + 2F31TWσ 33σ11.(II.1.129)

The values of F23TW and F31TW are submitted to the same limitations as F12TW in section II.1.10.14. Ply passes the failure criterion if

FITsaiWu3D 1.

The RF calculation is done as follows:

a = σ112 σ11t,allσ11c,all + σ222 σ22t,allσ22c,all + σ332 σ33t,allσ33c,all + τ12 τ12all 2 + τ23 τ23all 2 + τ31 τ31all 2 + 2F12TWσ 11σ22 + 2F23TWσ 22σ33 + 2F31TWσ 33σ11, (II.1.130)

b = 1 σ11t,all - 1 σ11c,all σ11 + 1 σ22t,all - 1 σ22c,all σ22 + 1 σ33t,all - 1 σ33c,all σ33,
c = -1,
RFTsaiWu3D = - b + b2 - 4ac 2 FoS a ,

and the strength ratio is given by:

SRTsaiWu3D = 1 RFTsaiWu3D.

This criterion is referred to as “TsaiWu3D” criterion in FeResPost.