A failure criterion revision method for composite materials

Failure criterion predictions often have substantial errors due to the complexity of failure mechanism or different material behaviors, especially composite failure. In this study, an example of delamination is employed to demonstrate the general failure criterion revision of composites. In the present research, the failure function can be raised to a higher order, and also be reduced to a lower one, by fitting the exponents of failure criterion. This method can be easily used to describe the observed, experimented, or computed data, particularly with no law or no rules. Further, the importance of this exponent revision is amplified when the failure surface becomes more complicated. The proposed approach is also to define and calculate the failure criteria of multiplying laminates.