The Tsai-Wu failure criterion rationalised in the context of UD composites

This paper is to rationalise the empirical aspect of the Tsai-Wu failure criterion in the context of UD composites associated with the determination of the interactive strength property F12 based on the analytic geometry. It reveals that the condition of closed failure envelope cannot be satisfied b...

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Main Authors: Li, Shuguang, Sitnikova, Elena, Liang, Yuning, Kaddour, Abdul-Salam
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Published: Elsevier 2017
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Online Access:https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/44698/
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author Li, Shuguang
Sitnikova, Elena
Liang, Yuning
Kaddour, Abdul-Salam
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Sitnikova, Elena
Liang, Yuning
Kaddour, Abdul-Salam
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description This paper is to rationalise the empirical aspect of the Tsai-Wu failure criterion in the context of UD composites associated with the determination of the interactive strength property F12 based on the analytic geometry. It reveals that the condition of closed failure envelope cannot be satisfied by all UD composites and hence the restriction should be abandoned. Depending on the way the failure envelope opens, UD composites can be classified into two categories. (a) F12 can be determined uniquely using the conventional strength properties with an additional assumption that the material exhibits very high or infinite strength under triaxial compression at a specific stress ratio; or (b) The Tsai-Wu criterion leads to one of the two scenarios: either allowing infinite strength for an in-plane stress state or allowing infinite strength under triaxial stresses involving tension along fibres.
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spelling nottingham-446982020-05-04T18:59:02Z https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/44698/ The Tsai-Wu failure criterion rationalised in the context of UD composites Li, Shuguang Sitnikova, Elena Liang, Yuning Kaddour, Abdul-Salam This paper is to rationalise the empirical aspect of the Tsai-Wu failure criterion in the context of UD composites associated with the determination of the interactive strength property F12 based on the analytic geometry. It reveals that the condition of closed failure envelope cannot be satisfied by all UD composites and hence the restriction should be abandoned. Depending on the way the failure envelope opens, UD composites can be classified into two categories. (a) F12 can be determined uniquely using the conventional strength properties with an additional assumption that the material exhibits very high or infinite strength under triaxial compression at a specific stress ratio; or (b) The Tsai-Wu criterion leads to one of the two scenarios: either allowing infinite strength for an in-plane stress state or allowing infinite strength under triaxial stresses involving tension along fibres. Elsevier 2017-08-04 Article PeerReviewed Li, Shuguang, Sitnikova, Elena, Liang, Yuning and Kaddour, Abdul-Salam (2017) The Tsai-Wu failure criterion rationalised in the context of UD composites. Composites Part A: Applied Science and Manufacturing . ISSN 1359-835X Tsai-Wu criterion Failure envelope Strength Triaxial compression http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1359835X17303068 doi:10.1016/j.compositesa.2017.08.007 doi:10.1016/j.compositesa.2017.08.007
spellingShingle Tsai-Wu criterion
Failure envelope
Strength
Triaxial compression
Li, Shuguang
Sitnikova, Elena
Liang, Yuning
Kaddour, Abdul-Salam
The Tsai-Wu failure criterion rationalised in the context of UD composites
title The Tsai-Wu failure criterion rationalised in the context of UD composites
title_full The Tsai-Wu failure criterion rationalised in the context of UD composites
title_fullStr The Tsai-Wu failure criterion rationalised in the context of UD composites
title_full_unstemmed The Tsai-Wu failure criterion rationalised in the context of UD composites
title_short The Tsai-Wu failure criterion rationalised in the context of UD composites
title_sort tsai-wu failure criterion rationalised in the context of ud composites
topic Tsai-Wu criterion
Failure envelope
Strength
Triaxial compression
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