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II.1.10.20 Hashin criteria

This criterion is meant to be used for unidirectional materials. Direction 1 is assumed to be the fiber direction. The reserve factor is calculated as follows:

Finally, the reserve factor is given by:

RFHashin = min ⁡ (RFb,RFc) .

Here again, the calculation of failure index is based on the calculation of the reserve factor:

FIHashin = 1 RFHashin,

in which the safety factor used in the calculation of the RF is 1, and the strength ratio is calculated as

SRHashin = 1 RFHashin,

in which the actual value of the safety factor is used.

The criterion presented above is referred to as “Hashin” criterion in FeResPost. Correspondingly, version “Hashin_b” is defined, in which only the fiber failure is checked, and version “Hashin_c”, in which only the matrix failure is checked.