Analysis of Failure in Fiber Polymer Laminates The Theory of Alfred Puck /

• Main Author: Knops, Martin (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2008.
• Subjects: Materials science.; Continuum mechanics.; Structural mechanics.; Engineering design.; Materials Science.; Ceramics, Glass, Composites, Natural Methods.; Characterization and Evaluation of Materials.; Continuum Mechanics and Mechanics of Materials.; Structural Mechanics.; Engineering Design.

This book presents for the first time comprehensively the Theory of Alfred Puck on failure in Fiber Polymer Laminates. After a brief introduction into the failure analysis of laminates and its history, the text focuses first on Puck’s fracture criteria and gives detailed information on their physica...

Table of Contents:

• Failure of laminates
• Stress and strength analysis: Basics and definitions
• Puck’s action plane fracture criteria
• Analysis of the gradual failure process
• Experimental work
• Implementation in software
• Application of Puck’s work in industrial practice
• Concluding remarks.