Failure plane orientations for transverse loading of a unidirectional fiber composite (Q1434666)

Failure plane orientations comprise an important piece of information when examining the failure modes of materials. In this study a prediction of the orientation of failure planes under transverse loading is made by using a recently proposed stress-based failure theory for a fiber composite lamina. In general, the agreement with experimental results is good for two carbon fiber composite materials exhibiting significant difference in ductility, especially for the case of transverse compression.