Discussion on Hashin and Puck

criterion

Course Name:- Mechanics of

composite materials
(AML 835)

Presented by:- Yash Manoj Chordiya

(2019CEZ8638)
 Failure
1. What is failure?
Failure is the state or condition of not meeting a
desirable or intended objective.

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2. What are different failure criterias dependent on?

They depend on the brittleness or ductility of the
material.

Aadnøy, B., & Looyeh, R. (2011). Chapter 5 - Failure Criteria. In B. Aadnøy & R.
B. T.-P. R. M. Looyeh (Eds.) (pp. 53–62). Boston: Gulf Professional Publishing.
https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-385546-6.00005-X
 Various Failure Criterias
1. Von Mises failure criterion
2. Mohr-Coulomb failure criterion
3. Griffith failure criterion
4. Hoek-Brown failure criterion
5. Druker-Prager failure criterion
6. Mogi-Coulomb failure criterion
7. Hashin failure criterion
8. Puck failure criterion

Aadnøy, B., & Looyeh, R. (2011). Chapter 5 - Failure Criteria. In B. Aadnøy & R.
B. T.-P. R. M. Looyeh (Eds.) (pp. 53–62). Boston: Gulf Professional Publishing.
https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-385546-6.00005-X
 Puck theory of failure
• Prof. Puck started his work in 1955, to develop the
first sailplane with an all glass fibre, with a low
drag laminar profile.

• He was the first one to publish the idea that fibre

failure (FF) and interfibre failure (IFF) should be
treated as two separate and independent failure
criteria.

Lutz, G., & Getriebebau, V. K. U. (2006, September). The Puck theory of failure in
laminates in the context of the new guideline VDI 2014 Part 3. In Conference on damage in
composite materials.
 Puck theory of failure continued…

Figure: The basic stressings Figure: Stresses on a UD-

(stressing means type of stress) composite element (Lutz and
of a UD-composite element (Lutz Getriebebau, 2016)
and Getriebebau, 2016)

Lutz, G., & Getriebebau, V. K. U. (2006, September). The Puck theory of failure in
laminates in the context of the new guideline VDI 2014 Part 3. In Conference on damage in
composite materials.
 Puck theory of failure continued…

• Corresponding to 6 stressings 6 corresponding strengths

exists and they are designated as follows,
R t , R c , Rt , Rt , Rt , Rt

• From Puck’s hypothesis the following conclusions can be

derived,
o Normal stress and shear stress on failure are deciding
factor for IFF
o Tensile stress supports fractures whereas compressive
stress prevents the IFF from shear stresses.

Lutz, G., & Getriebebau, V. K. U. (2006, September). The Puck theory of failure in
laminates in the context of the new guideline VDI 2014 Part 3. In Conference on damage in
composite materials.
 Hashin theory of failure
1. Tensile fibre failure for σ1 ≥ 0
  1   12
2 2

 T   2 1
 X  S12

2. Compressive fibre failure for σ1 < 0

 11  X C

3. Tensile matrix failure for σ2> 0

 22  122
 1
T2 S2
Y
4. Compressive matrix failure for σ2 < 0
  Y  2       2  2
 C   1  2   2T 2  122  1
 2 S23    YC  4 S S

Wang, C. H., & Duong, C. N. (2016). Chapter 2 - Failure criteria. In C. H. Wang & C. N. B.
T.-B. J. and R. to C. A. S. Duong (Eds.) (pp. 21–45). Oxford: Academic Press.
https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-417153-4.00002-5
 References
1. Aadnøy, B., & Looyeh, R. (2011). Chapter 5 - Failure Criteria. In B. Aadnøy
& R. B. T.-P. R. M. Looyeh (Eds.) (pp. 53–62). Boston: Gulf Professional
Publishing.
https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-385546-6.00005-X
2. Lutz, G., & Getriebebau, V. K. U. (2006, September). The Puck theory of
failure in laminates in the context of the new guideline VDI 2014 Part 3.
In Conference on damage in composite materials.
3. Wang, C. H., & Duong, C. N. (2016). Chapter 2 - Failure criteria. In C. H.
Wang & C. N. B. T.-B. J. and R. to C. A. S. Duong (Eds.) (pp. 21–45).
Oxford: Academic Press.
https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-417153-4.00002-5