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II.1.10.16 Hoffman criterion

The Hoffman criterion is very similar to the Tsai-Wu criterion. Only the last term of failure index is different:

FIHoffman = σ112 σ11t,allσ11c,all + σ222 σ22t,allσ22c,all + ( τ12 τ12all ) 2 + ( 1 σ11t,all - 1 σ11c,all ) σ11 + ( 1 σ22t,all - 1 σ22c,all ) σ22 - σ11σ22 σ11t,allσ11c,all.(II.1.131)

Ply passes the failure criterion if

FIHoffman ≤ 1.

In some of the terms of previous expression the components of Cauchy stress tensor appear linearly, and other terms, they appear quadratically. Therefore, the reserve factor expression is a little more complicated. FeResPost calculates it as follows:

a = σ112 σ11t,allσ11c,all + σ222 σ22t,allσ22c,all + ( τ12 τ12all ) 2 - σ11σ22 σ11t,allσ11c,all,

b = ( 1 σ11t,all - 1 σ11c,all ) σ11 + ( 1 σ22t,all - 1 σ22c,all ) σ22,

c = -1,

RFHoffman = - b + b2 - 4ac 2 ⋅ FoS ⋅ a ,

and the strength ratio is given by:

SRHoffman = 1 RFHoffman.

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